IN THE WEB OF THE INEFFECTIVE

BOOK III — THE TESTAMENT OF MATCHING'S EASY MRS. TEDDY GOES FOR A WALK MR. BRITLING WRITES UNTIL SUNRISE  

MRS. TEDDY GOES FOR A WALK

MR. BRITLING WRITES UNTIL SUNRISE

 

 

 

BOOK I

MATCHING'S EASY AT EASE

 

 

CHAPTER THE FIRST

MR. DIRECK VISITS MR. BRITLING

 

§ 1

 

It was the sixth day of Mr. Direck's first visit to England, and he was at his acutest perception of differences. He found England in every way gratifying and satisfactory, and more of a contrast with things American than he had ever dared to hope.

He had promised himself this visit for many years, but being of a sunny rather than energetic temperament—though he firmly believed himself to be a reservoir of clear-sighted American energy—he had allowed all sorts of things, and more particularly the uncertainties of Miss Mamie Nelson, to keep him back. But now there were no more uncertainties about 

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