I waited in a matchboarded anteroom, among emancipated flappers and middle-aged disciples of Schmerveloff.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
A sign on frosted glass told him which door to enter, and a red-haired youth presiding at a desk in an anteroom grinned broadly as he passed through.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
She perfectly remembers her at the Giovanelli ball, leaning rather heavily on her partner's arm, her eyes half closed, her head inclined towards his shoulder, and again in a solitary little anteroom before a marble chimney-piece, below which a fire glowed and sparkled, lifting both hands to her head, an attitude that brought into strong relief the magnificent outline of her shoulders and bust.
"Erlach Court"
Ossip Schubin