My partner didn't want to play at first because of the weather, but I persuaded him to go round, and I beat him by two up and four to play solely by relying on the brassy and midiron.

He stuck to the driver, and lost in consequence.

I'll just show you how the game went.
Suppose the first hole to be just beyond the hall door there, and you drive off from here.

Now, imagine that umbrella stand--would you mind moving away a little from it, sir?
Thank you--to be a group of fir trees fully a hundred yards to the right of the fairway.

Well, I got a shot 160 yards up the fairway with a low straight ball which never lifted more than a yard from the green, but my opponent, instead of sticking to the brassy, as I did, preferred to use his big driver, and what do you think happened to him?
The wind took his ball clean over the fir trees." The story was interrupted by the sudden entrance from outside of a young officer who had been taking a turn on the front.