He had helped to sing the choruses;
but scarcely inside the studio he realised that this was no place for
tail-wagging, and settled himself on Dick's lap till it was bedtime.
but scarcely inside the studio he realised that this was no place for
tail-wagging, and settled himself on Dick's lap till it was bedtime.
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"Then, I'll tell the boys and they'll drag you like a badger. "
"Please not, old man. On my word, I'd sooner be left alone just now. "
"Very good. Can we send anything in to you? Fizz, for instance.
Cassavetti is beginning to sing songs of the Sunny South already. "
For one minute Dick considered the proposition seriously.
"No, thanks, I've a headache already. "
"Virtuous child. That's the effect of emotion on the young. All my
congratulations, Dick. I also was concerned in the conspiracy for your
welfare. "
"Go to the devil--oh, send Binkie in here. "
The little dog entered on elastic feet, riotous from having been
made much of all the evening.
He had helped to sing the choruses;
but scarcely inside the studio he realised that this was no place for
tail-wagging, and settled himself on Dick's lap till it was bedtime.
Then he went to bed with Dick, who counted every hour as it struck, and
rose in the morning with a painfully clear head to receive Torpenhow's
more formal congratulations and a particular account of the last night's
revels.
"You aren't looking very happy for a newly accepted man," said
Torpenhow.
"Never mind that--it's my own affair, and I'm all right. Do you really
go? "
"Yes. With the old Central Southern as usual. They wired, and I accepted
on better terms than before. "
"When do you start? "
"The day after tomorrow--for Brindisi. "
"Thank God. " Dick spoke from the bottom of his heart.
"Well, that's not a pretty way of saying you're glad to get rid of me.
But men in your condition are allowed to be selfish. "
"I didn't mean that. Will you get a hundred pounds cashed for me before
you leave?
"Then, I'll tell the boys and they'll drag you like a badger. "
"Please not, old man. On my word, I'd sooner be left alone just now. "
"Very good. Can we send anything in to you? Fizz, for instance.
Cassavetti is beginning to sing songs of the Sunny South already. "
For one minute Dick considered the proposition seriously.
"No, thanks, I've a headache already. "
"Virtuous child. That's the effect of emotion on the young. All my
congratulations, Dick. I also was concerned in the conspiracy for your
welfare. "
"Go to the devil--oh, send Binkie in here. "
The little dog entered on elastic feet, riotous from having been
made much of all the evening.
He had helped to sing the choruses;
but scarcely inside the studio he realised that this was no place for
tail-wagging, and settled himself on Dick's lap till it was bedtime.
Then he went to bed with Dick, who counted every hour as it struck, and
rose in the morning with a painfully clear head to receive Torpenhow's
more formal congratulations and a particular account of the last night's
revels.
"You aren't looking very happy for a newly accepted man," said
Torpenhow.
"Never mind that--it's my own affair, and I'm all right. Do you really
go? "
"Yes. With the old Central Southern as usual. They wired, and I accepted
on better terms than before. "
"When do you start? "
"The day after tomorrow--for Brindisi. "
"Thank God. " Dick spoke from the bottom of his heart.
"Well, that's not a pretty way of saying you're glad to get rid of me.
But men in your condition are allowed to be selfish. "
"I didn't mean that. Will you get a hundred pounds cashed for me before
you leave?
