problem at Christmas-time; nothing short of a blank cheque
would have fitted the situation. Perhaps it's as well that
she's died out.

The great charm about me (concluded Reginald) is that I am so
easily pleased.

But I draw the line at a "Prince of Wales" Prayer-book.



REGINALD ON THE ACADEMY



"One goes to the Academy in self-defence," said Reginald.
"It is the one topic one has in common with the Country
Cousins."

"It is almost a religious observance with them," said the
Other. "A kind of artistic Mecca, and when the good ones die
they go" -

"To the Chantrey Bequest. The mystery is what they find to
talk about in the country."

"There are two subjects of conversation in the country:
Servants, and Can fowls be made to pay? The first, I
believe, is compulsory, the second optional."