At one of these, which bore my host's name, we turned in, and I found myself in an elegant dining-room containing a table for four.

Windows opened on a courtyard where a fountain played to a great height and music made the air electric.
"You seem at home here," I said, as we seated ourselves at table, and Dr.Leete touched an annunciator.
"This is, in fact, a part of our house, slightly detached from the rest," he replied.

"Every family in the ward has a room set apart in this great building for its permanent and exclusive use for a small annual rental.

For transient guests and individuals there is accommodation on another floor.

If we expect to dine here, we put in our orders the night before, selecting anything in market, according to the daily reports in the papers.