We warned him he would get callosities on his shoulders and elbows because of the tight fit of his command.

And Davidson could well afford the smiles he gave us for our chaff.

He made lots of money in her.

She belonged to a portly Chinaman resembling a mandarin in a picture-book, with goggles and thin drooping moustaches, and as dignified as only a Celestial knows how to be.
"The best of Chinamen as employers is that they have such gentlemanly instincts.

Once they become convinced that you are a straight man, they give you their unbounded confidence.