He was reputed to be a kind of reporter, and in fact his gray goggle-eyes, so cold and thoughtful, always showed up where anything publishable was happening.

I saw smiling Davids, frowning Davids, mild Davids, and ferocious Davids,Davids with oblique eyes, red noses, and cavernous mouths,and Davids as blind as bats, or with great goggle-orbs, aquiline nasal organs, blue at the tips, and lips made for a lisp.

Watching this fist-waving cook and this goggling guest, I must say that my sympathies were completely with the former.