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His host, who stood for paganism and nudity and laughter, convinced him
that it had.
"You would have seen the same thing in pre-Puritan England," he
concluded, at the end of a long exposition. "And now, if you like, we
will have a look at that Club. It may amuse you. There is still time
for the Duchess."



CHAPTER V


"This is the place," said Mr. Keith.
It was one of a row of tawdry modern buildings, the lower floors of
which were utilized as shops--an undistinguished sort of place, in an
undistinguished street. They climbed upstairs and wandered through two
or three rooms, all alike save that one of them had a balcony; square,
white-washed rooms, not very clean, and inadequately furnished with
tables, cane-bottomed chairs and a few prints on the walls. There was a
lavish display, however, of bottles and glasses, and several shelves
were littered with newspapers in different languages. Acetylene lamps
hung from the flat ceiling. An odour of stale tobacco and alcohol
pervaded the premises.


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