15/18 Let's have filleted steak and a bottle of Bass for dinner to-night. I shall love it.' 'But my dear Nella,' he exclaimed, 'steak and beer at Felix 's! It's impossible! Moreover, young women still under twenty-three cannot be permitted to drink Bass.' 'I said steak and Bass, and as for being twenty-three, shall be going in twenty-four to-morrow.' Miss Racksole set her small white teeth. It must have been out of a pure spirit of adventure that he had selected this table for his own services. |