barman

There were pink and white sofas, a barman mixing special pink cocktails, a four-tier cake and photos of me as a baby.

I ordered a beer from the barman, a dashing kid in his early twenties with a shaved head.

But I was still more startled by the action of the barman who lifted up the glass and held it whilst the man drank.

Only the public-house at the corner was open; a young barman slopped water over the doorstep.

"Lend me a thousand pounds till to-morrow," said the barman.

"He let on he was a millionaire," said the barman, contemptuously.

"All but one," repeated the temporary barman with knowing emphasis.