He gave them the recognition of the position which they occupied, but beyond that, scarcely looked upon them as human.
"Look here," he began, "I want so and so--" he named a dish that was unknown to the companion of the young clerk.

She felt a certain respect of him for that.

Her friend had ordered the most ordinary of food and had tried to do it in a lordly manner.

There was no lordliness about Traill.

He wasted no time with a waiter; he had never met a German waiter who was worth it.