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And beyond the coffee-pot, neatly folded, lay the
TIMES, and the DAILY NEWS and the TELEGRAPH all with an air of
requiring his attention. There had been more fighting in Thibet and
Mr. Ritchie had made a Free Trade speech at Croydon. The Japanese
had torpedoed another Russian ironclad and a British cruiser was
ashore in the East Indies. A man had been found murdered in an
empty house in Hoxton and the King had had a conversation with
General Booth. Tadpole was in for North Winchelsea, beating Taper
by nine votes, and there had been a new cut in the Atlantic
passenger rates. He was expected to be interested and excited by
these things.
Presently the telephone bell would ring and he would hear the clear
little voice of his mother full of imperative expectations. He
would be round for lunch? Yes, he would be round to lunch. And the
afternoon, had he arranged to do anything with his afternoon? No!--
put off Chexington until tomorrow. There was this new pianist, it
was really an EXPERIENCE, and one might not get tickets again. And
then tea at Panton's.


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