[The Irrational Knot by George Bernard Shaw]@TWC D-Link bookThe Irrational Knot CHAPTER I 5/65
Parnassus Society.
A concert will be given at the Town Hall, Wandsworth, on Tuesday, the 25th April, by the Countess of Carbury, assisted by the following ladies and gentlemen. Miss Elinor McQuinch'-- what a name! 'Miss Marian Lind'-- who's Miss Marian Lind ?" "How should I know ?" "I only thought, as she is a pal of the Countess, that you would most likely be intimate with her.
'Mrs.Leith Fairfax.' There is a Mrs.Leith Fairfax who writes novels, and very rotten novels they are, too.
Who are the gentlemen? 'Mr.Marmaduke Lind'-- brother to Miss Marian, I suppose. 'Mr.Edward Conolly'-- save the mark! they must have been rather hard up for gentlemen when they put _you_ down as one.
The Conolly family is looking up at last.
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