the discreet mr. lorry said, in a sample tone of the voice he would recommend under the circumstances, "how do you do, mr. stryver? how do you do, sir?" and shook hands. there was a peculiarity in his manner of shaking hands, always to be seen in any clerk at tellson's who shook hands with a customer when the house pervaded the air. he shook in a self-abnegating way, as one who shook for tellson and co.