Except for a belated luncher at the end of the room the place was empty.
For I do vow and protest that the oven odours which pervade the neighbourhood of the Strand, London, at midday, are by no means calculated to whet the appetite of the would-be luncher or diner.
A really accomplished luncher can assimilate his last quarter of cakes, wiggle into his coat, and pay his check at the desk at the same moment.
Once seated, the luncherfalls to on anything at hand; bread, cold slaw, crackers, or catsup.
This luncherraised his head and Sir John recognised Van der Roet.
Sir John seated himself in a box, where there was one other luncher in the corner, deeply absorbed over a paper.
Wally threw his head back and uttered a roar of appreciation which caused a luncher at a neighbouring table to drop an oyster which he was poising in mid-air.
Wally threw his head back and uttered a roar of appreciation which caused a luncher at a neighboring table to drop an oyster which he was poising in mid-air.
