At the tables beyond, sedulous, touting waiters were hurriedly extracting corks from frosted bottle necks.
Warwick escaped to Calais, where he was exceedingly popular, and he soon collected forces enough to admit of his landing in Kent, where he stuck up his banner with the view of collecting a crowd, and then touting for followers.
This disapprobation of such a trivial matter as the touting off of an opponent's horses was another new discovery in his master's character.
More than once he had received money from Langdon for touting off to him Porter's stable matters; now in his unreasoning bitterness he contrasted Langdon and Porter.
The betting ring was the Kid's place of business--if touting is classed as an occupation and not a misdemeanour--but Old Man Curry did not find him in the crowd.
Sleek, blond, youthful in appearance, without betraying wrinkle or line, Engle's innocent exterior had been his chief dependence in his touting days.
The direct and compelling gaze is an absolute necessity in the touting business because the average man believes that the liar will be unable to look him in the eye.
In his touting days he had been given the name of the Sharpshooter and in his prosperity it clung to him.
