"Fountain-pen," said Jill.
"Cards," said Adèle.
"Tea," said Daphne.
"Beer-opener," said I.
"Plate and linen," said Berry. "That's nine. Let's go by train."
"Anybody," said Jonah, "would think that we were going into the bush. If you must have a camera—well, take one. But as for soap and tea and beer-openers and fountain-pens—oh, you make me tired."
"And me," said Berry unctuously. "A plain man of few words, all this vulgar mouth-wash about creature comforts——"
It was hardly to be expected that he would get any further….
It was when the storm of indignation was at its height that the electric light failed.
Four of us breathed the same expletive simultaneously.