[Beyond the City by Arthur Conan Doyle]@TWC D-Link bookBeyond the City CHAPTER VII 1/12
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VENIT TANDEM FELICITAS. It was just three days after the Doctor and the Admiral had congratulated each other upon the closer tie which was to unite their two families, and to turn their friendship into something even dearer and more intimate, that Miss Ida Walker received a letter which caused her some surprise and considerable amusement.
It was dated from next door, and was handed in by the red-headed page after breakfast. "Dear Miss Ida," began this curious document, and then relapsed suddenly into the third person.
"Mr.Charles Westmacott hopes that he may have the extreme pleasure of a ride with Miss Ida Walker upon his tandem tricycle.
Mr.Charles Westmacott will bring it round in half an hour. You in front.
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