9/28 Annoyed at being left in the background, and also because very little drink made him nasty, the emotional Willie turned malignant all at once, and in a bibulous tone surprising in a man able to keep his balance so well-- "Aha! But you haven't got him here--not yet!" he sneered. "No! You haven't got him yet." This outrageous exhibition was to the Editor like the lash to a jaded horse. He positively jumped. Of course he isn't here! But Geoffrey's schooner is here. She can be sent at once to fetch him here. |