The September Society
“He was smoking a cigarette and reading Punch with a small grin on his face.
“Entertaining?” said Lenox.
Dallington turned to him. “Oh—your maid put me in here. Hope that’s all right. Yes, it is, rather,” he added, gesturing toward the magazine. “What’s that parcel you’ve got?”
There was a rectangular package under Lenox’s arm, wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. “Oh,” he said vaguely, “just something.”
“Your powers of description would put Wordsworth to shame.” The small grin had grown... wider by now. “At any rate, I didn’t come here to josh you.”
“Didn’t you?” Lenox sat down opposite his pupil. “What a lovely surprise.”
“I wanted to ask about the servant who got shot.”
“Oh—yes, it worked out as fortunately as it could have.”
“I’m glad of that.”
“The wound wasn’t serious at all.”
“I saw the bobbies outside. They looked at me as if I might be returning to the scene of the crime when I sidled up here. By the way, you got my note about Theophilus Butler?”MoreLess
“Entertaining?” said Lenox.
Dallington turned to him. “Oh—your maid put me in here. Hope that’s all right. Yes, it is, rather,” he added, gesturing toward the magazine. “What’s that parcel you’ve got?”
There was a rectangular package under Lenox’s arm, wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. “Oh,” he said vaguely, “just something.”
“Your powers of description would put Wordsworth to shame.” The small grin had grown... wider by now. “At any rate, I didn’t come here to josh you.”
“Didn’t you?” Lenox sat down opposite his pupil. “What a lovely surprise.”
“I wanted to ask about the servant who got shot.”
“Oh—yes, it worked out as fortunately as it could have.”
“I’m glad of that.”
“The wound wasn’t serious at all.”
“I saw the bobbies outside. They looked at me as if I might be returning to the scene of the crime when I sidled up here. By the way, you got my note about Theophilus Butler?”MoreLess
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