He has been staying in town, waiting for something to turn up, he says.

Funny boy! He is just as gay as ever.

And Captain Fisher, whom he dragged to my flat to tea, is every bit as heavy and uninteresting, poor dear!" "I don't call Captain Fisher uninteresting," remarked Molly.

"At least, I never found him so in the old days." "My dear, he is heavy as lead!" declared Mrs.Langdale.

"I believe he only opened his mouth once to speak, and then it was to ask for five lumps of sugar instead of three.