He listened, a little confused, trying to catch up, while he pulled off his galoshes to reveal tan suede moccasin boots.

A tall, bald-headed old man with a red nose, wearing a dressing gown and with galoshes on his bare feet, stood in the anteroom.

But it was the galoshes of Manhattan that saved his feet from freezing.

Penny and Louise saw that she was thinly clad in a light weight coat, and wore no galoshes.