Excerpt from The Passionate Pilgrim: Being the Narrative of an Oddly Dramatic Year in the Life of Henry Calverly, 3rd
He stood very straight, with a self-conscious stiffening of the shoulders, apparently nervously aware of the others in the car and of himself. And after a moment of rather absurd hesitation he removed his hat. The little act marked him at once as a stranger. For it was an accepted fact in this middle-western city that a hat took up less space in a crowded elevator when on the head.
He was thin, sensitive, somber; clean shaven; wearing small nose glasses with a cord. His clothes were wrinkled and would soon be shabby. He had a good forehead, and longish brown hair that strayed down toward his eyes. Mr. Hitt found himself studying the face. He thought he had seen it before.
All the way up to the eighth the stranger studied the floor numbers; then stepped, hesitating, out, mumbling I beg your pardon! To somebody or other as he went. Which made him further conspicuous; for they didn't beg pardon much in the N e'ws building.
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