Then he saw the door behind the counter was ajar, and the proprietor made a small gesture of invitation towards it.
The building was an old one, and the proprietors had made the most of its low-ceilinged, beamed interior.
The proprietor made change and laid the money on the table.
All of them watched, sharing what was perhaps the most positive dream the proprietors of bad dreams had made.
"It'd be nice if the state would let the proprietors make the choice to be smoking or not," he said.
It seems obvious that the proprietors of the Ginger Man made a smart decision.
"The proprietor can make money out of tenants in many ways."
When she had gone, the proprietor stepped once more into the spotlight and made an announcement that was greeted with clapping.
But surely the big proprietors and the rich will make a revolution against such taxes.
The audience was pretty large; and the proprietor of the cafe made a good thing of it in beer.