[Adventures and Letters by Richard Harding Davis]@TWC D-Link bookAdventures and Letters CHAPTER X 26/79
Stephen Crane came with me.
I gave him a lunch on Wednesday.
Anthony Hope, McCarthy, Harold Frederic and Barrie came. Sir Evelyn Wood instead of coming was detained at the war office and sent instead a lance Sergeant on horseback with a huge envelope marked "On Her Majesty's Service," which was to be delivered into my hands-- The entire Savoy was upset and it was generally supposed that war had been declared and that I was being ordered to the front-- The whole hotel hung over us until I had receipted for the package and the soldier had saluted and clanked away.
I gave Crane the letter as a souvenir.
I also saw Seymour Hicks' first night and recognized 15 American songs in it. The London Times offered me the position of correspondent on the Greek frontier.
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