Her running-mate was in about nine, but she went out again right away." "Well," said Vandover, smiling, "if Flossie comes 'round show her in here, will you ?" The others laughed, and joked him about this, and Vandover settled back in his seat, easing his position.
"Ah," he exclaimed, "I like it in here.

It's always pleasant and warm and quiet and the service is good and you get such good things to eat." Now that the young fellows were by themselves, and could relax that restraint, that good breeding and delicacy which had been natural to them in the early part of the evening at the Ravises', their manners changed: they lounged clumsily upon their seats, their legs stretched out, their waistcoats unbuttoned, caring only to be at their ease.

Their talk and manners became blunt, rude, unconstrained, the coarser masculine fibre reasserting itself.

With the exception of young Haight they were all profane enough, and it was not very long before their conversation became obscene.
Geary told them how he had spent the afternoon promenading Kearney and Market streets and just where he had gone to get his cocktail and his cigar.

"Ah," he added, "you ought to have seen Ida Wade and Bessie Laguna.