o-p-h

Updated: May 5, 2025

As between gentlemen, the bet must be considered o-p-h." Hilary Chayne stayed away from Dorsetshire for ten complete days; and though the hours crept by, dilatory as idlers at a street corner, he obtained some poor compensation by reflecting upon his fine diplomacy. In less than a week he would surely be missed; by the time that ten days had passed the sensation might have become simply poignant.

A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason - Running Water