We are sure to see something funny."
"Oh!"
This, thought the bishop, was a pretty example of that doctrine of
benevolent egotism which Keith had expounded to him once or twice. A
very pretty example!
"He said that?"
Denis nodded.
The notion was distasteful to Mr. Heard. To go out into this torrid
sunshine. . . . He, too, was not exactly young; moreover, he was still
rather delicate--he needed all the rest he could get. He was looking
forward with positive delight to the coming hours in his cool bedroom.
"You really want me to climb to the top of a mountain at this hour of
the day and sit there in the heat, waiting for some wretched demon to
reveal himself? Aren't you a little too old for that sort of thing?
Come now! Does it strike you as a reasonable proposition? With the
thermometer at seventy-eight in this room?"
"Keith said you liked nothing better. He said you might take offence if
I didn't ask you to come."
He seemed to be disappointed.
There were not many people for whom Mr.
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