"True. Of course, if you insist—"
"Oh, you must," said Celia.
So I returned to the library. By tea-time I had got as far as this:—
"ADVENTURES WITH A CAMERA IN SOMALILAND
"Lecture delivered before the Blanktown Literary and Philo—"
And then I had an idea. This time a brilliant one.
"Celia," I said at tea, "I have been wondering whether I ought to take advantage of your generosity."
"What generosity?"
"In letting me deliver this lecture."
"It isn't generosity, it's swank. I want to be able to tell everybody."