It was one of his traits that he gave the greatest attention to detail, and held that the man who left the ordering of his edibles to his servants was no better than an animal who saw no more than nourishment in food.
Nor was the matter one to be settled summarily; it asked thought and time.

So he sipped his Hock, listening to the landlady's proposals, and amending them where necessary with suggestions of his own, and what time he was so engaged, there ambled into the inn yard a sturdy cob bearing a sturdy little man in snuff-colored clothes that had seen some wear.
The newcomer threw his reins to the stable-boy--a person of all the importance necessary to receive so indifferent a guest.

He got down nimbly from his horse, produced an enormous handkerchief of many colors, and removed his three-cornered hat that he might the better mop his brow and youthful, almost cherubic face.

What time he did so, a pair of bright little blue eyes were very busy with Mr.Caryll's carriage, from which Leduc, Mr.Caryll's valet, was in the act of removing a portmantle.

His mobile mouth fell into lines of satisfaction.
Still mopping himself, he entered the inn, and, guided by the drone of voices, sauntered into the bar.