Cluny Brown
“Mrs. Maile thereupon telephoned the stationmaster, who reported Colonel Duff-Graham on the platform; and Colonel Duff-Graham expressed great willingness to drop anything for Friars Carmel. He did not quite bargain for a parlour-maid—he himself was meeting a Golden Labrador, a nervous traveller who would require all his attention; but as things turned out the Labrador-had already been met by Cluny, who, wandering about the train, discovered the glorious creature in the guard’s van and spent the rest of the journey with him. They jumped out together, both very glad to stretch their long legs, and the Colonel hurried towards Roderick with the stationmaster at his heels. The stationmaster knew Cluny at once, because she was the only person on the platform he didn’t know already.
“Miss C. Brown,” he stated.
Cluny admitted her identity, and the situation was rapidly explained. They went out to the Rolls; Cluny of course should have sat in front, but Roderick tried to climb over to her with ...such persistence that after half a mile the Colonel stopped the car and took her in behind.MoreLess
“Miss C. Brown,” he stated.
Cluny admitted her identity, and the situation was rapidly explained. They went out to the Rolls; Cluny of course should have sat in front, but Roderick tried to climb over to her with ...such persistence that after half a mile the Colonel stopped the car and took her in behind.MoreLess
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