cheiromantist

Duchess, this is Mr. Podgers, my pet cheiromantist.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

Lord Arthur looked anxiously over, but could see nothing of the cheiromantist but a tall hat, pirouetting in an eddy of moonlit water.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

"Dear Gladys! you are always so original," murmured the duchess, trying to remember what a cheiromantist really was, and hoping it was not the same as a cheiropodist.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

Suddenly she looked eagerly round the room, and said, in her clear contralto voice, "Where is my cheiromantist?"

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

The first thing to be done was, of course, to settle with the cheiromantist; so he sat down at a small Sheraton writing-table that stood near the window, drew a cheque for L105 payable to the order of Mr. Septimus Podgers, and, enclosing it in an envelope, told his valet to take it to West Moon Street.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

"My cheiromantist, Duchess; I can't live without him at present."

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

Yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, the body of Mr. Septimus R. Podgers, the eminent cheiromantist, was washed on shore at Greenwich, just in front of the Ship Hotel.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

"We are all waiting," cried Lady Windermere, in her quick impatient manner, but the cheiromantist made no reply.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 1909

Suddenly she looked eagerly round the room, and said, in her clear contralto voice, 'Where is my cheiromantist?'

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877

Duchess, this is Mr. Podgers, my pet cheiromantist.

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877