constantly with a little green stone attached to his watch-chain , thus displayingdisplaylong and very sensitive fingers , and had a habit of moving his head hither and thither very quickly without altering the position of his large and rather corpulent body , so that he seemed to be providing himself incessantly with food for amusement and reflection with the least possible expenditure of energy .
In taking an occasional wisdom-giving stroll in Mrs. Todd ’s company , and in acting as business partner during her frequent absences , I found the July days fly fast , and it was not until I felt myself confrontedconfrontwith too great prideprideand pleasurepleasurein the displaydisplay, one night , of two dollars and twenty-seven cents which I had takentakein during the day , that I rememberedremembera long piece of writing , sadly belated now , which I was bound to do .