eleven hours/
Mr. Parkff Pyne tound Basil Chester a most
likeable youOg ma.n. He called Mr Parker Pyne
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sir and Bsaid nlost politely to anything the
older man cof{e °tnetimes the three English
people had er the !bgether after dinner in the
evening. Afe tird day, Basil left the party
after ten' mjUtwSt°r,O and Mr. Parker Pyne was
left tte-li-t¢; ;; tV!rs' Chester.
They talg l-°.u! flowers and the growing of
them, of the.."-t, able state of the English pound
and of how ;csl.ve France had become, and of
the difficulff . gettlhg good afternoon tea
Every e4emng Wen her son departet, Mr.
Parker Pyle s. aw th% quickly concealed tremor of
her lips, got !mmeciately she recovered and dis-
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coursed pleasantly on the above-mentioned subjects.
Little by little she began to talk of Basilwof
how well he had done at school--"he was in the
First XI, you know"--of how everyone liked him,
of how proud his father would have been of the
boy had he lived, of how thankful she had been
that Basil had never been "wild." "Of course I
always urge him to be with young people, but he
really seems to prefer being with me."