5/16 You don't know Layard? The essence of romance! As good in its way as the _Arabian Nights_." Thus he talked on for a quarter of an hour, and it seemed to relieve him. Returning to matters of the day, he asked, half abruptly: "Have you the St.Neots cheque yet ?" "Came this morning." "Payable to Sherwood Brothers, I suppose ?" said Godfrey. "Right. It's most convenient so." Will handed him the cheque, and he gazed at it as if with peculiar satisfaction. |