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"
I
replied
:
"
Very
well
,
dear
,
I
promise
you
I
will
never
tell
you
or
anybody
else
another
dream
of
mine
the
longest
day
I
live
.
"
Lupin
said
:
"
Hear
!
hear
!
"
and
helped
himself
to
another
glass
of
beer
.
The
subject
was
fortunately
changed
,
and
Cummings
read
a
most
interesting
article
on
the
superiority
of
the
bicycle
to
the
horse
.
May
10
.
--
Received
a
letter
from
Mr.
Franching
,
of
Peckham
,
asking
us
to
dine
with
him
to-night
,
at
seven
o'clock
,
to
meet
Mr.
Hardfur
Huttle
,
a
very
clever
writer
for
the
American
papers
.
Franching
apologised
for
the
short
notice
;
but
said
he
had
at
the
last
moment
been
disappointed
of
two
of
his
guests
and
regarded
us
as
old
friends
who
would
not
mind
filling
up
the
gap
.
Carrie
rather
demurred
at
the
invitation
;
but
I
explained
to
her
that
Franching
was
very
well
off
and
influential
,
and
we
could
not
afford
to
offend
him
.
"
And
we
are
sure
to
get
a
good
dinner
and
a
good
glass
of
champagne
.
"
"
Which
never
agrees
with
you
!
"
Carrie
replied
,
sharply
.
I
regarded
Carrie
's
observation
as
unsaid
.
Mr.
Franching
asked
us
to
wire
a
reply
.
As
he
had
said
nothing
about
dress
in
the
letter
,
I
wired
back
:
"
With
pleasure
.
Is
it
full
dress
?
"
and
by
leaving
out
our
name
,
just
got
the
message
within
the
sixpence
.
Got
back
early
to
give
time
to
dress
,
which
we
received
a
telegram
instructing
us
to
do
.
I
wanted
Carrie
to
meet
me
at
Franching
's
house
;
but
she
would
not
do
so
,
so
I
had
to
go
home
to
fetch
her
.
What
a
long
journey
it
is
from
Holloway
to
Peckham
!
Why
do
people
live
such
a
long
way
off
?
Having
to
change
'
buses
,
I
allowed
plenty
of
time
--
in
fact
,
too
much
;
for
we
arrived
at
twenty
minutes
to
seven
,
and
Franching
,
so
the
servant
said
,
had
only
just
gone
up
to
dress
.
However
,
he
was
down
as
the
clock
struck
seven
;
he
must
have
dressed
very
quickly
.
I
must
say
it
was
quite
a
distinguished
party
,
and
although
we
did
not
know
anybody
personally
,
they
all
seemed
to
be
quite
swells
.
Franching
had
got
a
professional
waiter
,
and
evidently
spared
no
expense
.
There
were
flowers
on
the
table
round
some
fairy-lamps
and
the
effect
,
I
must
say
,
was
exquisite
.
The
wine
was
good
and
there
was
plenty
of
champagne
,
concerning
which
Franching
said
he
himself
,
never
wished
to
taste
better
.
We
were
ten
in
number
,
and
a
menû
card
to
each
.
One
lady
said
she
always
preserved
the
menû
and
got
the
guests
to
write
their
names
on
the
back
.
We
all
of
us
followed
her
example
,
except
Mr.
Huttle
,
who
was
of
course
the
important
guest
.
The
dinner-party
consisted
of
Mr.
Franching
,
Mr.
Hardfur
Huttle
,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Samuel
Hillbutter
,
Mrs.
Field
,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Purdick
,
Mr.
Pratt
,
Mr.
R.
Kent
,
and
,
last
but
not
least
,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Charles
Pooter
.
Franching
said
he
was
sorry
he
had
no
lady
for
me
to
take
in
to
dinner
.
I
replied
that
I
preferred
it
,
which
I
afterwards
thought
was
a
very
uncomplimentary
observation
to
make
.
I
sat
next
to
Mrs.
Field
at
dinner
.
She
seemed
a
well-informed
lady
,
but
was
very
deaf
.
It
did
not
much
matter
,
for
Mr.
Hardfur
Huttle
did
all
the
talking
.
He
is
a
marvellously
intellectual
man
and
says
things
which
from
other
people
would
seem
quite
alarming
.
How
I
wish
I
could
remember
even
a
quarter
of
his
brilliant
conversation
.
I
made
a
few
little
reminding
notes
on
the
menû
card
.
One
observation
struck
me
as
being
absolutely
powerful
--
though
not
to
my
way
of
thinking
of
course
.
Mrs.
Purdick
happened
to
say
"
You
are
certainly
unorthodox
,
Mr.
Huttle
.
"
Mr.
Huttle
,
with
a
peculiar
expression
(
I
can
see
it
now
)
said
in
a
slow
rich
voice
:
"
Mrs.
Purdick
,
'
orthodox
'
is
a
grandiloquent
word
implying
sticking-inthe-mud
.
If
Columbus
and
Stephenson
had
been
orthodox
,
there
would
neither
have
been
the
discovery
of
America
nor
the
steam-engine
.
"
There
was
quite
a
silence
.
It
appeared
to
me
that
such
teaching
was
absolutely
dangerous
,
and
yet
I
felt
--
in
fact
we
must
all
have
felt
--
there
was
no
answer
to
the
argument
.
A
little
later
on
,
Mrs.
Purdick
,
who
is
Franching
's
sister
and
also
acted
as
hostess
,
rose
from
the
table
,
and
Mr.
Huttle
said
:
"
Why
,
ladies
,
do
you
deprive
us
of
your
company
so
soon
?
Why
not
wait
while
we
have
our
cigars
?
"
The
effect
was
electrical
.
The
ladies
(
including
Carrie
)
were
in
no
way
inclined
to
be
deprived
of
Mr.
Huttle
's
fascinating
society
,
and
immediately
resumed
their
seats
,
amid
much
laughter
and
a
little
chaff
.
Mr.
Huttle
said
:
"
Well
,
that
's
a
real
good
sign
;
you
shall
not
be
insulted
by
being
called
orthodox
any
longer
.
"
Mrs.
Purdick
,
who
seemed
to
be
a
bright
and
rather
sharp
woman
,
said
:
"
Mr.
Huttle
,
we
will
meet
you
half-way
--
that
is
,
till
you
get
half-way
through
your
cigar
.
That
,
at
all
events
,
will
be
the
happy
medium
.
"
