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"'Who's that?' I asked. "'A new member, named Hazel,' Jack told me. 'A great shot.' He knew him slightly, he explained; he had once been a client of his—Jack was a barrister, you remember—and had defended him in some financial case or other. WHO'S THAT I ASKED A NEW MEMBER NAMED HAZEL JACK TOLD ME A GREAT SHOT HE KNEW HIM SLIGHTLY HE EXPLAINED HE HAD ONCE BEEN A CLIENT OF HIS JACK WAS A BARRISTER YOU REMEMBER AND HAD DEFENDED HIM IN SOME FINANCIAL CASE OR OTHER
s there, and you see the heads hanging up here in the smoking-room—some of ’em.” He glanced round proudly at the walls. “We were glad to be in town again after two years’ roughing it, and we looked forward to our first good dinner at the club, to make up for the rotten cooking we had endured so long. We had ordered that dinner in anticipatory detail many a time together. Well, we had it and enjoyed it up to a point—the point of the entrķe, to be exact. “Up to that point it was delicious, and we let ourselves go, I can tell you. We had ordered the very wine we had planned months before when we were snow-bound and half starving in the mountains.” He smacked his lips as he mentioned it. “I was just starting on a beautifully cooked grouse,” he went on, “when a figure went by our table, and Jack looked up and nodded. The two exchanged a brief word of greeting and explanation, and the other man passed on. Evidently they knew each other just enough to make a word or two necessary, but enough. EN TOLD YOU ABOUT OUR ADVENTURES THERE AND YOU SEE THE HEADS HANGING UP HERE IN THE SMOKING ROOM SOME OF THEM HE GLANCED PROUDLY ROUND AT THE WALLS WE WERE GLAD TO BE IN TOWN AGAIN AFTER TWO YEARS ROUGHING IT AND WE LOOKED FORWARD TO OUR FIRST GOOD DINNER AT THE CLUB TO MAKE UP FOR THE ROTTEN COOKING WE HAD ENDURED SO LONG WE HAD ORDERED THAT DINNER IN ANTICIPATORY DETAIL MANY A TIME TOGETHER WELL WE HAD IT AND ENJOYED IT UP TO A POINT THE POINT OF THE ENTREE TO BE EXACT UP TO THAT POINT IT WAS DELICIOUS AND WE LET OURSELVES GO I CAN TELL YOU WE HAD ORDERED THE VERY WINE WE HAD PLANNED MONTHS BEFORE WHEN WE WERE SNOWBOUND AND HALF STARVING IN THE MOUNTAINS HE SMACKED HIS LIPS AS HE MENTIONED IT I WAS JUST STARTING ON A BEAUTIFULLY COOKED GROUSE HE WENT ON WHEN A FIGURE WENT BY OUR TABLE AND JACK LOOKED UP AND NODDED THE TWO EXCHANGED A BRIEF WORD OF GREETING AND EXPLANATION AND THE OTHER MAN PASSED ON EVIDENTLY THEY KNEW EACH OTHER JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE A WORD OR TWO NECESSARY BUT ENOUGH
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