The boots (whose job it is to clean the guests’ shoes) is one of the servants at The Bear hotel where Paxton, the narrator, and Henry Long stay. The three men have a good relationship with the hotel staff despite their differing social classes. The boots in particular is concerned when he suspects the three men might be in trouble, and he stays up late at night to ensure they return safely after returning the crown.
The Boots Quotes in A Warning to the Curious
The A Warning to the Curious quotes below are all either spoken by The Boots or refer to The Boots. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Well, we were pretty regular customers of the hotel, and did not give much trouble, and were considered by the servants to be not under the mark in the way of tips; and so the boots was propitiated, and let us out on to the sea-front, and remained, as we heard later, looking after us.
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The Boots Quotes in A Warning to the Curious
The A Warning to the Curious quotes below are all either spoken by The Boots or refer to The Boots. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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A Warning to the Curious
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Well, we were pretty regular customers of the hotel, and did not give much trouble, and were considered by the servants to be not under the mark in the way of tips; and so the boots was propitiated, and let us out on to the sea-front, and remained, as we heard later, looking after us.
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