[ THE COLLECTOR'S INCONSISTENCY ]
[ DR. DAVIDSON'S LAST CHRISTMAS ]
AFTERWARDS
I
He received the telegram in a garden where he was gazing on a vision of blue, set in the fronds of a palm, and listening to the song of the fishers, as it floated across the bay.
“You look so utterly satisfied,” said his hostess, in the high, clear voice of Englishwomen, “that, I know you are tasting the luxury of a contrast. The Riviera is charming in December; imagine London, and Cannes, is Paradise.”