2/24 We have very generous patrons." "I lave heard my brother speak of this place as being quite wonderful," Wilmore remarked, "but I had no idea that it was upon this scale." "Is your brother a member ?" the man asked. To tell you the truth, we came here to ask you a question about him." "What is his name ?" "Reginald Wilmore. He was here, I think, last Wednesday night." While Wilmore talked, Francis watched. He was conscious of a curious change in the man's deportment at the mention of Reginald Wilmore's name. From being full of bumptious, almost condescending good-nature, his expression had changed into one of stony incivility. |