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Updated: June 20, 2025
For the benefit of those among the untravelled English who have not yet broken a soda-water bottle against the Sphinx, or eaten sandwiches to the immortal memory of Cheops, it may be as well to explain that the Mena House Hotel is a long, rambling, roomy building, situated within five minutes' walk of the Great Pyramid, and happily possessed of a golfing-ground and a marble swimming- bath.
A month ago he could have seen no situation in two people, a man and a girl, drinking soda-water together, even with a boy lover on the next stool. Now he could view things through Joe's tragic eyes. And there as more than that. All day he had noticed how inevitably the conversation turned to the young surgeon.
After that he attacked a soda-water syphon until it gave a protesting gurgle. "I've found the whisky, but you don't seem to have any soda," he called to me, but I pretended that I was asleep. However, he ransacked my cupboard until he found another syphon, and then he came and sat on my bed.
"Tell me, please, what is the matter?" he insisted, speaking as indifferently as he could. "Tell me at once what has happened?" She pointed to the door. "Lock it!" she implored. He turned down the latch and drew the bolt. The sound seemed to give her a little courage. Her fingers went to her throat for a moment. "Give me some water." He poured out some soda-water.
Colton, Chairman of the Improvement Inspection Committee to read her report on the condition of the new concrete pavements, of several homesick palm-trees in the public squares, and on the prospect of removing tin cans and soda-water bottles from the picnic grounds.
But all the same I am very sorry as a gentleman that I as your superior officer spoke to you as I did." "Thank you, sir." "And, dear me, my lad, you look terribly hot and exhausted. Let me prescribe, as Mr Price would say." He quickly placed a lump of ice in a tumbler, and, after pouring in a little sherry, filled it up with soda-water.
*Caffeine and "Soft" Drinks.*—Recently the practice has sprung up of using caffeine as a constituent of certain drinks supplied at the soda-water fountains.
The gramophone stopped as if by magic, and the overheated juggler caught and retained the soda-water bottle, the corkscrew and the half lemon with a gasp of relief. Sir William rose regretfully and held out his hand. "I have to thank you all for a very delightful quarter of an hour," he said, smiling, and took his departure amid polite murmurs of farewell, followed by James.
He took the opportunity to lay in a dozen bottles of soda-water, and added a few packets of Rodier's favourite cigarettes, for smoking during the halts, for he would never allow a match to be struck near the engine. Mr. Macdonald plied him with questions during the remainder of the drive, and Smith was ready enough with his answers except on his personal concerns.
Rex flung his struggling burden on the billiard table, and for one breathless minute the work of beating out the sparks with rugs and cushions and playing on them with soda-water syphons engrossed the energies of the entire company. "It was lucky I was passing when it happened," panted Rex; "some one had better see to the room, I think the carpet is alight."
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