11/23 Come ahead!" On the way, he craned from his chair to shout, in the darkness:-- "I say! If you can do a turn of any sort, let the women have it. Be an ass, like the rest of us. Maskee how silly! Mind you, it's all hands, these concerts!" No music, but the click of ivory and murmur of voices came down the stairway of the club. At first glance, as Rudolph rose above the floor, the gloomy white loft seemed vacant as ever; at second glance, embarrassingly full of Europeans. |