Page:Caine - The Author of Trixie (1924).djvu/77

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
THE AUTHOR OF "TRIXIE"
73

well; sufficient unto the day. The thought to freeze on to just now is that Chloë's lapped it up."

"How about din-din?" he inquired. "It's getting on for seven. Suppose we dress and feed at the Café Royal. Those five hundred quid were made to be spent, you know."

So they got rid of five of them on a buck dinner and then danced till morning at Johnny's Club.