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"You're brusque, very brusque," Sir Tobias complained. "We could have talked this over much better at my club." When Tabs showed no signs of relenting, he revealed his real feelings testily. "You know this fellow Braithwaite. You must have recognized him the moment you clapped eyes on him. Why didn't you tell me?"
"What I have to tell you is important." "And so is what I have to tell Terry." Tabs emphasized his statement by glancing again at his watch. For a few seconds Sir Tobias was at a loss. To hear himself opposed was a novel experience.
"No, Tabs, dear," and the little added word touched him strangely, "I've got to say at once what has to be said. It's like waiting at the dentist's it's the waiting that's so wearing." Her face lit up with the ghost of a smile. "When you've faced the real pain, it's over in a second." She seated herself. Reluctantly he followed her example.
"You haven't been much in England during the past four years or you'd know how badly the lid is off. You men, when you were in the trenches, lived above yourselves; but, the moment you came home on leave, you taught the world that wasn't in khaki how to live below itself. I could tell you stories " "I know." Tabs didn't want to hear those stories. "It was pathetic.
And now, as Tabs pushed the door open, preparing to enter, he knew that all up and down the Square, behind the pall of darkness, other doors were being pushed back. Young couples were coming home from dinners and theaters. He could hear the murmur of their laughter, subdued and secret, hinting at intimacies of affection.
Tabs went over and took it. "My dear fellow, there's only one thing I ask: make her always happy." The clock in the hall struck midnight. He lifted himself to his feet. "I had no idea how the time had flown. By the way, that's the address the Maisie woman's." Tabs took it carelessly. It had become a thing of little consequence. He folded it away in his pocket. "And when shall I see Terry?"
To Ann he said, "There won't be any answer." Terry read, "Shall be delighted to have you lunch with me to-day Savoy Hotel one o'clock. Braithwaite." She examined the address and looked up startled, "But it's to you. It's it's as though he knew we were together. What made him send it?" When Tabs answered there was no echo of her excitement in his voice.
It's an incident which does none of us much credit." As he had warmed to her defense, Tabs had been very conscious that he was being more than generous perhaps even more generous than truthful.
I saw a great deal of it, more than I really wished, for out of working hours I much frequented it in the vague hope of keeping tabs on its activities for Johnny's sake. It was situated on one of the main overland trails, and that was possibly the only reason its rich diggings had not been sooner discovered it was too accessible!
He attempted to turn her aside from the danger by slipping in quietly, "I don't think I'd discuss the General at this moment." "At this moment!" she flashed back with a scared smile. The sound of her own voice seemed to clap spurs to her excitement. "Why not at this moment, dear Tabs? Everything comes out sooner or later.
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