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• Paul Muniment looked at his young friend a moment. 'Do you want to know what he is? He's a tout.'
• 'A tout? What do you mean?'
• 'Well, a cat's-paw, if you like better.'
• Hyacinth stared. 'For whom, pray?'
• 'Or a fisherman, if you like better still. I give you your choice of comparisons. I made them up as we came along in the hansom. He throws his nets and hauls in the little fishes—the pretty little shining, wriggling fishes. They are all for her; she swallows, 'em down.'
• No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
• They are touting their PowerSpheres, but I don't know how well those really work.
• For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
• Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout.
• If we find Kevin again, Mr. Ashley, we’ll do your work for you, and leave the body for your SAS assassins to collect. Would that be fair enough, now? We cannot exactly tout to the enemy, but he’s on our list, too, and if you manage to find the lad, and you don’t wish to bring him in yourselves, we’ll handle the job for you—assuming, of course, that you don’t interfere with the lads who do the work.