He set his gaze on the theme, and the great black brows met:
“The select Conversazione in the spacious and brilliantly-lighted rooms—of the—er—world-famous portrait-painter was attended by——”
Emma Hartroff held up her pencil:
“Easy all!” said she—“attended—by——All right. Go on.”
Fluffy Reubens took up the dictation:
“——by the élite of the fashionable world and the flower of Upper Bohemia——”
Emma Hartroff’s pencil scratched down the addition:
“Upper—Bohemia,” said she.
Lovegood coughed:
“Which idiot is writing this masterpiece, Emma? the fluffsome Reubens or I?”