to him , he drankdrankslowly , like a connoisseur , lingeringlingeron the taste and still lookinglookabout him at the cliffs and up at our signboard .
There was no reason why the young man should not have come earlier , for he had dineddineat seven , alone with his mother and sister , and had lingeredlingerafterward over a cigar in the Gothic library with glazed black-walnut bookcases and finial-topped chairs which was the only room in the house where Mrs. Archer allowed smoking .