"Never, never again, will I take you to a garden-party.
Never . . . You behaved abominably . . . What did the Caspian
see?"

A shade of genuine regret for misused opportunities passed
over Reginald's face.

"After all," he said, "I believe an apricot tie would have
gone better with the lilac waistcoat."



REGINALD ON CHRISTMAS PRESENTS



I wish it to be distinctly understood (said Reginald) that I
don't want a "George, Prince of Wales" Prayer-book as a
Christmas present. The fact cannot be too widely known.

There ought (he continued) to be technical education classes
on the science of present-giving. No one seems to have the
faintest notion of what anyone else wants, and the prevalent
ideas on the subject are not creditable to a civilised
community.

There is, for instance, the female relative in the country
who "knows a tie is always useful," and sends you some
spotted horror that you could only wear in secret or in
Tottenham Court Road. It MIGHT have been useful had she kept