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  • He remembered the evenings he had come to this house, a bottle beside him on the seat, and they had gone tooting off together; and the evenings he had brought bottles in gift packages, discreet gratuities for her brother; and the nights in the apartment, sharing a decanter drink for drink because she loved her liquor.†  (source)
  • He appeared a comfortable owner of something, a man from whom the common run of mortals could well expect gratuities.†  (source)
  • Water, rest, shelter, and protection were all he looked for from the proprietor, and they were gratuities.†  (source)
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  • By means of a small gratuity to the girl in the coatroom, she ensured that she would arrive two minutes after her guest.†  (source)
  • But the new family did not make its appearance; it was only through Raggles that she heard of their movements—how Miss Crawley's domestics had been dismissed with decent gratuities, and how Mr. Pitt had only once made his appearance in London, when he stopped for a few days at the house, did business with his lawyers there, and sold off all Miss Crawley's French novels to a bookseller out of Bond Street.†  (source)
  • "Yes," Bacchus said, "although with demigod parties of five or more the gratuity is included, so that wasn't necessary."†  (source)
  • I haven't had time to leave gratuities.†  (source)
  • They also provided me with what she called "a gratuity": $28.30.†  (source)
  • With fifteen thousand pounds, a gratuity and a pension from the Circus, a man—as Control would say—can afford to come in from the cold.†  (source)
  • That's your gratuity," he sulked before suddenly perking up.†  (source)
  • I believed that love is a gratuity, not a reward to be earnedjust as they believe it is their right to demand an unearned wealth.†  (source)
  • She appreciated my generosity, no doubt, and saw clear to the idea that she might expand on that gratuity by increasing the canvas, if I may adopt an art analogy.†  (source)
  • Capable of gratuity!†  (source)
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