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asked Reginald, with appalling suddenness. ASKED REGINALD WITH APPALLING SUDDENNESS
erishly of the weather and the war in South Africa, except Reginald, who was reclining in a comfortable chair with the dreamy, far-away look that a volcano might wear just after it had desolated entire villages. The Archdeacon's wife was buttoning up her gloves with a concentrated deliberation that was fearful to behold. I shall have to treble my subscription to her Cheerful Sunday Evenings Fund before I dare set foot in her house again. At that particular moment the croquet players finished their game, which had been going on without a symptom of finality during the whole afternoon. Why, I ask, should it have stopped precisely when a counter- attraction was so necessary? Everyone seemed to drift towards the area of disturbance, of which the chairs of the Archdeacon's wife and Reginald formed the storm-centre. Conversation flagged, and there settled upon the company that expectant hush that precedes the dawn--when your neighbours don't happen to keep poultry. "What did the Caspian Sea? NERVOUSLY AND FEVERISHLY OF THE WEATHER AND THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA EXCEPT REGINALD WHO WAS RECLINING IN A COMFORTABLE CHAIR WITH THE DREAMY FAR AWAY LOOK THAT A VOLCANO MIGHT WEAR JUST AFTER IT HAD DESOLATED ENTIRE VILLAGES THE ARCHDEACON'S WIFE WAS BUTTONING UP HER GLOVES WITH A CONCENTRATED DELIBERATION THAT WAS FEARFUL TO BEHOLD I SHALL HAVE TO TREBLE MY SUBSCRIPTION TO HER CHEERFUL SUNDAY EVENING'S FUND BEFORE I DARE SET FOOT IN HER HOUSE AGAIN AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT THE CROQUET PLAYERS FINISHED THEIR GAME WHICH HAD BEEN GOING ON WITHOUT A SYMPTOM OF FINALITY DURING THE WHOLE AFTERNOON WHY I ASK SHOULD IT HAVE STOPPED PRECISELY WHEN A COUNTER ATTRACTION WAS SO NECESSARY EVERY ONE SEEMED TO DRIFT TOWARDS THE AREA OF DISTURBANCE OF WHICH THE CHAIRS OF THE ARCHDEACON'S WIFE AND REGINALD FORMED THE STORM CENTER CONVERSATION FLAGGED AND THERE SETTLED UPON THE COMPANY THAT EXPECTANT HUSH THAT PRECEDES THE DAWN WHEN YOUR NEIGHBOURS DON'T HAPPEN TO KEEP POULTRY WHAT DID THE CASPIAN SEA
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