Right There I Made A Mental
Resolution To The Effect That If Ever A Big Englishman Should Come To
My House To Remain Overnight, I Would Have Just One Hour Of Delight
Taken From That Bed!
To my great amusement, also pleasure.
Captain Percival ate heartily of
everything, and kept on eating, and with such apparent relish I began
to think that possibly it might be another case of "delight," and
finally to wonder if Hang had anything in reserve. Once he said, "What
excellent cooks you have here!" This made Miss Mills smile, for she
knew that Hang had been loaned out the evening before. Faye soon left
us to attend to matters in connection with the trip, but the three of
us were having a very merry time - for Captain Percival was a most
charming man - when in the room came Captain Chater, his face as black
as the proverbial thundercloud, and after speaking to me, looked
straight and reprovingly at Captain Percival and said, "You are
keeping his excellency waiting!" That was like a bomb to all, and in
two seconds the English captains had shaken hands and were gone.
The mounted police are still in the post, and I suspect that this is
because their commander is having such a pleasant time driving and
dining with his hostess, who is one of our most lovely and fascinating
women. I received a note from Faye this morning from Helena. He says
that so far the trip has been delightful, and that in every way and by
all he is being treated as an honored guest.
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