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Updated: June 10, 2025
But I did care about seeing my friend Lackaday in his reincarnation as Petit Patou, and I was most curious to make the acquaintance of Elodie and Horatio Bakkus. Soon afterwards, therefore, behold me on my way to Clermont-Ferrand, of which manufacturing town Royat is a suburb.
"All of which implied abuse means that you're dying to know, through the medium of subtle and psychological dialogue, which is entirely beyond my brain power, whether you're not just on the verge of wondering if you're not on the verge of falling in love with Colonel Lackaday." "You put it with your usual direct brutality " "Well," said I. "Are you?" "Am I what?"
"Elodie I present Monsieur le Capitaine Hylton, of whom you have heard me speak so much." To me "Madame Patou," said he. "Madame," said I. We shook hands. I professed enchantment. "I have spoken much about you to Captain Hylton," said Lackaday quickly. "So it seems," said I, following the good fellow's lead, "as if I were renewing an old acquaintance."
She turned suddenly round on him, with a defiant flash of her brown eyes, which was one of her characteristics -the woman, for all her capable modernity, instinctively on the defensive. "It's only a fool who apologizes for doing a thing well," said Lackaday. "He couldn't do it well if he was a fool," Lady Auriol retorted. "You never know what a fool can do till you try him," said Lackaday.
I have been living on in a thirtover, lackaday way, and have not seen what it may lead to! I ought to have sent him a letter oftener. He said I could not go to him, but he didn't say I was not to write as often as I liked. I won't dally like this any longer! I have been very wrong and neglectful in leaving everything to be done by him!"
They'd move heaven and earth to make the beggar man acceptable. They know that if they didn't, I'd be capable of going about with him like a raggle-taggle gipsy and bring awful disgrace on them." "All that may be true," said I, "but the modest Lackaday doesn't realize it." "I'll put sense into him," replied Lady Auriol. And that was the end, conclusive or not, of the conversation.
I offered a seat at our table within. She declined with a gesture. We all stood for a while and then went diagonally over to the park entrance. "I've been such a walk," she declared. "Miles and miles through beautiful country and picturesque villages. You ought to explore. It's worth it." "I know the district of old," said Lackaday.
Andrew Lackaday carrying on the traditions of his foster father, the clown Ben Flint, had remained with it, principal clown, to the very end. Now and then, rare passers through from the outer world, gymnasts down on their luck, glad to take a makeshift engagement while waiting for better things, had counselled him to leave the antiquated concern.
"Do you think that's a dignified way for General Andrew Lackaday, C.B., to make his living in the green skin tights of Petit Patou?" We talked far into the night. My sleep was haunted by the nightmare of the six foot four of the stringy, bony emaciation of General Lackaday in green skin tights.
Dear and garrulous Lady Verity-Stewart had given him at dinner the whole family history she herself was a Dayne from the time of Henry I. I was sitting on the other side of her and heard and amused myself by scanning the expressionless face of Lackaday who listened as a strayed aviator might listen to the social gossip of the inhabitants of Mars.
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