8/20 Hallo! here's the _fons et origo mali_." Morewood joined them. That insipid lunatic had wrapped it up in brown paper, and put it among his socks in his portmanteau. I couldn't see it anywhere till I routed out the portmanteau. If it had come to grief I should have entered the Academy." "Don't give way so," said Ayre; "it's unmanly. Control your emotions." Eugene rose. |