How Adèle Feste Arrived, and Mr. Dunkelsbaum Supped with the Devil

 X  How Adèle Broke her Dream, and Vandy Pleydell Took Exercise

How Adèle Broke her Dream, and Vandy Pleydell Took Exercise

 XI  How Nobby Met Blue Bandala, and Adèle Gave Jonah A Kiss 

How Nobby Met Blue Bandala, and Adèle Gave Jonah A Kiss

CHAPTER I

HOW WILL NOGGIN WAS FOOLED, AND BERRY RODE FORTH AGAINST HIS WILL.

"Who's going to church?" said Daphne, consulting her wrist-watch.

"W

There was a profound silence.

My sister turned to Jill.

"Are you coming?" she said. "Berry and I are."

"I beg your pardon," said her husband.

"Of course you're coming," said Daphne.

"Not in these trousers. This is the first time I've worn them, and I'm not going to kneel in them for any one."

"Then you'll change," said his wife. "You've plenty of time."

Berry groaned.

"This is sheer Bolshevism," he said. "Is not my soul my own?"

"We shall start," said Daphne, "in twenty minutes."

It was nearly half-past ten in the morning of a beautiful summer day, and we were all taking our ease in the sunshine upon the terrace. It was the first Sunday which we had spent all together at White Ladies for nearly five years.

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