“One marble hall, with staircase complete, one butler and three flunkeys to receive a retired sojer who dares to ring the bell. D'you know, old boy, I gave my bowler to the butler, whangee to one flunkey, gloves to another, and there was the fourth poor blighter looking like an orphan at a Mothers' Meeting. …"

Add to these, my lady, replied the traveller, laughing, the privilege of telling my own stories after dinner uncontradicted.

Just heard a Leftpondian, on the radio news and in relevance to airport security, refer to specially trained canine units.

Coordinate term: cistron