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The girl-friend probleot all these pretty creatures to coine I had at first the wild suspicion that they were obtained to

amuse Fyne But I soon discovered that he could hardly tell one froh obviously their presence irls in fact ca

deference She answered to some need of theirs They sat at her feet

They were like disciples It was very curious Of Fyne they took but

scanty notice As to myself I was made to feel that I did not exist

After tea ould sit down to chess and then Fyne's everlasting gravity

beca inhich

resehter he was

only capable over a chess-board Certain positions of the ga else on earth could do

"He used to beat you," I asserted with confidence

"Yes He used to beat aravely, unplayfully, as one would expect froone to the bottoirl-

friend of the week She alalked off directly after tea with her

arirl-friend's waist Marlow said that there was only one

girl-friend hom he had conversed at all It had happened quite

unexpectedly, long after he had given up all hope of getting into touch

with these reserved girl-friends