l--what's the word? misunderstanding?--no, I
have it--antipathy. Is that correct, Doctor?'

"'Perfectly,' I agreed.

"'T'tell the truth,' confessed Farrell, 'I've always been up
against schoolmasters; yes, all my life. They've such a--such
a--well, as this ain't Wimbledon, one may speak it out--such a
bloody superior way of giving you information. Now if there's
one thing in th' world I 'bominate, it's information.' Farrell
threw a fierce glance around the dining tables as if defiantly
making sure of his ground. 'But I'll say this for the Doctor;
he never gives you any. That is, you have to pump for it. . . .
But we've had, we two, a daisy of a time. The great thing about
travel, Mr. Caffyn, is that it enlarges the mind. Yes, sir, and
in Doctor Foe's company you positively can't help it.'

"'I'm sorry, Farrell,' said I.

"'Sorry?' he exclaimed. 'Why should you be sorry? I _like_
having a--a wider outlook on things, provided it ain't banged in
a man's eye. In fact, I don't mind confessing to you, Mr.
Caffyn, here in the Doctor's presence, that this has been a
great experience for me. I've had a good time, as I believe,
sir, they say in your country. But I look around me'--here
Farrell looked again and almost theatrically around the feast of
Comus--'and I say that, be it never so homely, give me Wimbledon
to wind up. You and me, Doctor--or, as I might say, you and I,
are for home, after all--and the old cooking. Our ways
henceforth may lie separate; but we've a bond in common and any
time you care to look me up at Wimbledon I shall be most happy.
We'll crack a bottle to our travels.'

"'Right,' I agreed. 'Caffyn, will you make a note of at too?'

"'And Mr. Caffyn--at any time--Goes without saying,' pursued
Farrell.

"'Right,' agreed Caffyn."

"That was yesterday, Roddy. This morning, as ever is, Farrell
and I started, according to programme, for Versailles. I could
see that his mind had been running on Caffyn's words; that he
was dying to get back to Wimbledon; yes, and almost dying to be
quit of me.

"I had been waiting for this. I had known that the moment would
come, and wondered a score of times that it took so long in
coming. As unmarried men, Roddy, you and I are out of our depth
here. But sure