Uncle Chris Borrows a Flat The Ambassador Arrives Mr. Goble Makes the Big Noise Jill Explains Mr. Goble Plays with Fate The Cost of a Row Jill Receives Notice Mrs. Peagrim Burns Incense Derek Loses One Bird and Secures Another Wally Mason Learns a New Exercise JILL THE RECKLESS [9] [9] CHAPTER I THE FAMILY CURSE I Freddie Rooke gazed coldly at the breakfast-table. Through a gleaming eye-glass he inspected the revolting object which Barker, his faithful man, had placed on a plate before him. "Barker!" His voice had a ring of pain. "Sir?" "What's this?"