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."
"Ah, but the sacrifices you are making."
"Am I?" said Celia, with interest.