But she is reminded of the present by the fat leather briefcase leaning against a leg of her desk.
He held her briefcase tightly against the pommel and couldn't think of anything except how warm she was, pressed against the base of his spine.
The slope is so steep that the heavy briefcase clatters against the ground at every step, so he swings it in front of him – clonk – like a ship using an anchor to warp out of harbour against the green, vertical tide.
Briefcases brush against the sunbathing benches.
Fast-walking men in suits clutch newspapers and briefcases, bumping against stationary tourists who stare skyward.
Many of the women in the circle appeared to Liz to be close to tears, though some were more difficult to read, writing with expensive pens, their briefcases balanced against their slim ankles, their hair blown smooth.
After all, how often does a leather briefcase bump up against a paint-splotched French portable easel?
A security-minded man kept on toe against his briefcase while he talked; another man held a list of people to call&kept one boot on his suitcase.
They include a leather jacket, a wristwatch, a pair of glasses, a shaving kit, a bottle of cologne, a notebook, a pencil case, a Balzac novel, another volume by Onegin, a notebook, a stack of well-leafed newspapers, and scattered photographs which are hard to see, except for one – of his wife Aliye – that has been artfully propped against his briefcase.
I wonder what would happen if I was dressed in my button-down shirt and Banana Republic slacks, and happened to sit down on the ground leaning against my briefcase?
