Forty-five minutes later, it broke up, with the usual handshakes, as cordial as the meeting had been contentious, which rather amazed Mark Gant.

The Benden Holder was glad he had riding furs on and made no attempt to open his jacket nor unglove his left hand after the usual handshake with Jamson.

This morning, as Mr. McVeigh entered the courtroom, he sat down without exchanging the usual handshake with Mr. Jones, who afterward would not comment on their relationship.

"This'll clean things up, sir," he exulted to Markham, after the usual ritualistic handshake.

Courthouse security is here now, in the person of its good-natured chief, Marina Giornale, who applies her usual robust handshake as she barrels in.

He greeted Markham with the usual ritualistic handshake.

It wasn't the usual handshake on a deal.

"Sorry I haven't had a chance to welcome you back, Subcommander," he said, offering her a smile in lieu of the usual human handshake.

There was the usual applause, the usual handshakes, and a new entry was made in the United States Code, Annotated.