The correspondents poured in from theatre, dinner, and music-hall to Torpenhow's room that they might discuss their plan of campaign in the event of military operations becoming a certainty.

Torpenhow, the Keneu, and the Nilghai had bidden all the men they had worked with to the orgy; and Mr.Beeton, the housekeeper, declared that never before in his checkered experience had he seen quite such a fancy lot of gentlemen.

They waked the chambers with shoutings and song; and the elder men were quite as bad as the younger.

For the chances of war were in front of them, and all knew what those meant.
Sitting in his own room a little perplexed by the noise across the landing, Dick suddenly began to laugh to himself.
'When one comes to think of it the situation is intensely comic.
Maisie's quite right--poor little thing.

I didn't know she could cry like that before; but now I know what Torp thinks, I'm sure he'd be quite fool enough to stay at home and try to console me--if he knew.
Besides, it isn't nice to own that you've been thrown over like a broken chair.