7/12 But I found your invitation at my club when I landed yesterday, so I decided to come and have a look at you. And so it is only you, Cackles, after all"-- (Lord Newhaven's habit of silence had earned for him the sobriquet of "Cackles")--"I quite thought I was going into--well, ahem!--into society. I did not know you had got a handle to your name. How did you find out I was in England ?" "My dear fellow, I didn't," said Lord Newhaven, gently drawing Dick aside, whose back was serenely blocking a stream of new arrivals. "I fancy--in fact, I'm simply delighted to see you. |