dispatch-box

Then, his voice gradually rising first to dispatch-box volume and then to a near shout, he exclaimed: Peter?

A Question of Honour Lord Michael Levy 2008

Then, as his voice gradually rose from dispatch-box volume to a near shout, he exclaimed: Peter?

Archive 2008-04-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

He intimated no farther interest in the communication, however, than to desire Solmes to be below, in case he should ring; and with these words entered his apartment, and barred and bolted the door, even before he looked on the table where his dispatch-box was placed.

Saint Ronan's Well 2008

Then, as his voice gradually rose from dispatch-box volume to a near shout, he exclaimed: 'Peter?

Archive 2008-06-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

Neverbend was rather fussy with his dispatch-box, and a large official packet, which an office messenger, dashing up in, a cab, brought to him at the moment of his departure.

The Three Clerks 2004

He stood at the table, the deal top of which was scorched and blackened, his dispatch-box open and empty before him, his hands in a heap of ashes which he was strewing about the room.

Ultima Thule 2003

Captain Wragge returned, carrying a neat black dispatch-box, adorned with a bright brass lock.

No Name 2003

I had barely finished locking up my dispatch-box, when the ungrateful girl, whose reputation I have made, came into the room and told me in so many words that the business connection between us was for the present at an end.

No Name 2003

He had piled and burnt till the dispatch-box was empty.

Ultima Thule 2003

The Marquis lifted his dispatch-box from the floor, placed it on his knees, unlocked it, and took out what proved to be a lamp, which he hung with two hooks, attached to it, to the window opposite to him.

The Room in the Dragon Volant 2003