But you always were, so they say in Hamley, a monument of seriousness." "I believe they made one or two exceptions," answered David drily.

"I had assurances." Eglington laughed boyishly.

"You are right.

You achieved a name for humour in a day--'a glass, a kick, and a kiss,' it was.

Do you have such days in Egypt ?" "You must come and see," David answered lightly, declining to notice the insolence.