He dragged up a couple of the marble-seated stools to the table.

He took off his hat, lighted a cigarette, let it go out, lighted it again, and burned his fingers.

He opened and closed the folding-doors, pushed the table into a better light, and finally brought Travis out upon the balcony to show her the "points of historical interest" in and around the Plaza.
"There's the Stevenson memorial ship in the centre, see; and right there, where the flagstaff is, General Baker made the funeral oration over the body of Terry.

Broderick killed him in a duel--or was it Terry killed Broderick?
I forget which.

Anyhow, right opposite, where that pawnshop is, is where the Overland stages used to start in '49.
And every other building that fronts on the Plaza, even this one we're in now, used to be a gambling-house in bonanza times; and, see, over yonder is the Morgue and the City Prison." They turned back into the room, and a great, fat Chinaman brought them tea on Condy's order.