The Human Factor (1999)
“They made a habit of lunching alternately at the Reform and the Travellers once a month on a Saturday, when most members had already gone into the country. Pall Mall, a steely grey, like a Victorian engraving, was framed by the long windows. The Indian summer was nearly over, the clocks had all been altered, and you could feel the approach of winter concealed in the smallest wind. They began with smoked trout, which led Sir John Hargreaves to tell Doctor Percival that he was now seriously think...ing of trying to stock the stream which divided his park from the agricultural land. ‘I’ll need your advice, Emmanuel,’ he said. They were on Christian-name terms when they were safely alone.
For a long while they talked of fishing for trout, or rather Doctor Percival talked – it was a subject which always appeared a limited one to Hargreaves, but he knew Doctor Percival would be quite capable of enlarging on it until dinner. However, he was shifted from trout to another favourite topic by a chance diversion to the subject of his club.MoreLess
For a long while they talked of fishing for trout, or rather Doctor Percival talked – it was a subject which always appeared a limited one to Hargreaves, but he knew Doctor Percival would be quite capable of enlarging on it until dinner. However, he was shifted from trout to another favourite topic by a chance diversion to the subject of his club.MoreLess
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