"The more reason, then, that we should give them no anxiety on my account."

"I'd like to walk the whole way," said he.

I laughed as I obeyed the signal of an impatient guard and rushed upon the train. "Now, talk to me," said I, as we took our seats.

"My lungs weren't built for the Toreador song," he objected.

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[IV]

[ALTHEA AND THE PROMOTER]

What an interesting fellow our host is! He is almost more
interesting because of the qualities he does not possess, than
because of the qualities that he does possess.
—Arthur Christopher Benson.