![]() ![]() Squads of children at home demanding bread. Only a bob,' his lordship hastened to say. But it seemed to be troubling the poor fellow with the studs a great deal, so, realizing that tastes differ and that there is no accounting for them, he looked at him commiseratingly. Do they really like it? Rum kids'īuy a dying rooster, guv'nor,' he advised. You'll be able to get those children of yours some bread-I expect you can get a lot of bread for a shilling. One cannot blame the policeman on duty in Leicester Square for remarking to a cabman as she passed that he envied the bloke that that was going to meet.Īnd having concluded this delicate financial deal Lord Dawlish turned, the movement bringing him face to face with a tall girl in white. Her nose was small and straight, her mouth, though somewhat hard, admirably shaped, and she carried herself magnificently. Her eyes, shaded by her hat, were large and grey. It was a relief to Bill when the arrival of the waiter with food caused a break in the conversation and enabled him adroitly to change the subject.ĭuring the business talk which had just come to an end this girl had been making her way up the side street which forms a short cut between Coventry Street and the Bandolero, and several admirers of feminine beauty who happened to be using the same route had almost dislocated their necks looking after her. She developed this theme to-day, not only on the stairs leading to the grillroom, but even after they had seated themselves at their table. I should have thought that if any one needed to keep what little money he has got it was you.' I wish,' said Claire, fretfully, leading the way down the grillroom stairs, 'that you wouldn't let all London sponge on you like this. ![]() What have you been doing this morning?' he asked. ![]() Of course, if they like bread, that makes it rather rotten, doesn't it? What are you going to do about it?' Lord Dawlish eyed the strange fowl without enthusiasm. ![]()
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