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They were swiftly, and noiselessly, passing blocks of respectable residences, none of these particularly distinguished. Her sudden invitation rather startled him. "You mean I am to question you freely." "Assuredly; while I am to remain quite as free in my answers. That is perfectly fair, is it not?" "At least, it sounds so. Where am I being transported then? And why the dress-suit?"
Still, nothing should prevent him from telling Kitty, who knew how to keep a secret. Clothes! At quarter to six Thomas returned to the house, laden with fat bundles which he hurried secretly to his room. He had never worn a dress-suit. He had often guilelessly dreamed of possessing one: between paragraphs, as another young man might have dreamed of vanquishing a rival.
He had pleaded strongly for a "dress-suit" as a fitting recognition of his seventeenth birthday anniversary, but he had been denied by his father with a jocularity more crushing than rigor. Since then in particular since the arrival of Miss Pratt Mr. Baxter's temper had been growing steadily more and more even. That is, as affected by William's social activities, it was uniformly bad.
He wore an abnormal-looking big black tie, and the rest of the costume suggested a conjurer who had arrived at a children's party in the country and had forgotten his dress-suit, and borrowed various portions of it from different people staying in the house, who were either taller or shorter than himself. He looked several times at Edith with a furtive but undisguised admiration.
All the time he was busily removing the pieces of sacking and scraps of Oriental stuff with which the bundle was fastened; and finally he drew out a dress-suit, together with the linen, collar, shoes, and underwear a complete outfit, in fact and on top of the whole was a soft gray felt hat! Eagerly Harley searched the garments for some name of a maker by which their owner might be identified.
But he hadn't been sure as to whether they were really millionaires or not, and Sadie, when he had inquired particularly, had answered vaguely that every one in the radical movement who could afford an automobile or a dress-suit was called a millionaire by the newspapers.
He learned to hunt for a 'rickshaw, in a light dress-suit under a pelting rain, and to walk by the side of that 'rickshaw when he had found it. He learned what it was to be spoken to like a coolie and ordered about like a cook. He learned all this and many other things besides. And he paid for his schooling.
"I suppose you're dreadfully bored, though, when you could be down at the billiard-parlor?" "Yes, I could! Not! Eddie Klemm and his fancy vest wouldn't have much chance, alongside of Griffin in his dress-suit! Course I don't want to knock Eddie. Him and me are pretty good side-kicks " "Oh no; I understand. It's just that people have to go with their own class, don't you think?" "Oh Yes. Sure.
"I want it to buy Christmas presents with." "So early?" "Better early than too late." "That's true." The three cadets entered the local postoffice. As they did so they came face to face with a big cadet, who was carrying a dress-suit case. "Why, see, it's Dan Baxter!" cried Andy. "Hello, Baxter, coming back to Putnam Hall?" queried the young major. "I am," was the short answer of the bully.
With some difficulty he prevailed on this worthy to make him a dress-suit in twenty-four hours. Next day he introduced himself to the London trade, showed his carving-tools, and, after a hard day's work, succeeded in obtaining several orders. Then he bought some white ties and gloves and an opera hat, and had his hair cut in Bond Street.
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