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Updated: May 10, 2025
To begin with I went to a party to-night." "I know," said P. Sybarite, with a quiet chuckle: "the Hadley-Owen masquerade." "How did you know?" "Kismet! It had to be." "Are you by any chance mad?" "I shouldn't be surprised. Anyhow, I'm a bit mad I wasn't invited. Everybody I know or meet almost is either bidden to that party or knows somebody who is.
Late enough in all conscience was the last guest to arrive for the Hadley-Owen masquerade.
"Oh, that's quite simple. We don't live together, and he's in sure-enough society, and I'm not. To-night the annual Hadley-Owen post-lenten masquerade's in full swing just around the corner, and friend husband's there with the rest of the haughty bunch.
For a little while P. Sybarite sat pondering with vacant eyes; and the wounded boy stared upward with a frown, as though endeavouring to puzzle the answer to this riddle out of the blankness of the ceiling. "What time does this Hadley-Owen party break up?" "Not till daylight. It's the last big fixture of the social season, and ordinarily they keep it up till sunrise."
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