Mr Babylon, accept my apologies for having kept you up to such an absurd hour.' 'I have not spent so pleasant an evening for many years.

You have let me ride my hobby to my heart's content.

It is I who should apologize.' Racksole rose.
'I should like to ask you one question,' said Babylon.

'Have you ever had anything to do with hotels before ?' 'Never,' said Racksole.
'Then you have missed your vocation.

You could have been the greatest of all hotel-managers.