He dressed slowly and tipped forward the swinging mirror of the bureau to see how the trousers set.

Meanwhile Ellis and the Dummy had got out the cards and chips from the drawer of the centre-table and had begun a game.
"Better change your mind, Van," said Ellis without raising his eyes from the cards.
"No, sir," answered Van.

"You don't know how it is--you never were a college man.

Why, I wouldn't miss a football game for anything.

Talk about your horse-racing, talk about your baseball--I tell you there's nothing in the world so exciting as a hot football game." He swung into his long high-coloured waterproof and stood behind Ellis, watching his game for a moment while he tied a couple of long silk streamers to his umbrella handle.
"It's one of the college colours," he explained.