THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1932.
The Late Arnold Bennett's Last Long Story
"DREAM OF DESTINY"
(Copyright Strictly Reserved):
SYNOPSIS
"Thank you, Nanny,
about 80 10 bed,”
Boland Lane Smith, respe: HEL
young Friar,
He fights shy of her scquaintancesbip,
himself in a car proceeding to her fist after the show.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY,
CHAPTER III. (Continued)..
...
could not decline It now.
How
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and rooms. The drawing-room, unfinished, but this mother's bedroom, her father's Moes not spoil its bedroom, her father's sulkingroom
or readable No. Probably she would (as she called t-though it was worth Now do have kept Nanny, and chatted with really his workroom), her
her about the performance, no to bedroom, where she also worked, quality, but rather| swa, principally, mesta collabter-in-law Yos, miss. Good evening, sir," which, by the way, Nanny had die even the kitchen and the pantry, adds a mystery value|| which will be found honderde selvisid, but trasie ontd Nanny, whose demeanour in-played no curiosity. She knew her and three marble bathrooms one Arsam he had had a few sighis previously dicated not the least astonish- place, did Nanny; and doubtless for servants. In each case
[very intriguing. strangely feartal of the dream, fulfimment.ment nor criticism at the noctur- har mistress, once her helpless stood in the doorway, and poked Phoebe wake her debut in London anal presence of Roland. What charge, was for her a goddess not his head and shoulders forward stac and Roland although aimed. And her child did was right for Nanny to be questioned, who spoke when to glimpse, without
she chose, and was allent when Yes, opulence "Now run off, do." Nanny was past the age of run- she wished to be silent. Certain "You may be proud," said ning, but she wont, shutting the ly Phoebe had the mien of unchal-Roland. It's the loveliest fint I
jover saw t
this place is the roof. Talk about door. Phubs and Roland were longed, command.
"Well, it's all over," she mur- "And mine's the loveliest room romantic." anclosed togather in the large din-
"I must see it one day," he re- ing-room, which was full of anti-mured, drinking the soup.in it. Daddy saw to that. Ho
And your must feel very rellov-lives for furniture-and mo. Alplied. "I shall. I've been here. drinking the ways did. And I know he's fum-several times-I'm professionally The mass of Phillbert Court rose que furniture..
"Someone must have some cd," said Roland,
Ing like anything because he's interested in fata-but I've never dark, enormous and mysterious in] the night, like a huge rectangular money here," thought Roland as water.
Thus they made a fow banal ex stopping mother and himself from got as far as the roof. I've only castle impregnably forbidding. ho glanced round. The domestic
secing me after all these years. heard of it." But the foyer at tho enat entrance atmosphere of the flat pleased him changes,
"I must go," said Roland, jump. Curious situation, lan't it?"'
"Oh!" she exclaimed. "I know had They were at the other end of all about you, Nancy told me." was warm with welcoming light, and tranquillized his misgivings: and the porter on duty received it was so innocent, so natural, so ing up with decision. He
ontire longth-pletures and rugs moment the arrow of the dial Miss Friar with overy sign of pre- reassuring. And Phobe's oyes finished the water.
to lift-doora began above the tective adoration. He knew that were reassuring too. And she did. "Oh! But I must show you the the corridor, afidi had to walk itaisho rang. the lift-bell. After
"You need a line of railway move. he had in her a celebrity as well not take off her cloak, nor Roland dat I believe daddy and mum-all the way to reach the hall.
overcoat. She my are very proud of it. I am. as an agreeable, strangely un-lhis thin summer
"Why not come up to the roof night, sat down at the table spread with It's the first flat to be lived in in along here," said Roland lightly.
Bold "Now that's funny," assuming girl. "Good
Phoebe.. "That's just what mum-now?" she said, laughing. "I feel then," said Roland, offoring his hor cold supper-a Thermos flask, the whole building, and I think
"I daresay it is," said Roland my wrote. me that daddy said."I want air, don't you?"
Roland shook his hand. "Better come up and have some mutton, some salad and some it's the largest."
head. The the just one glimpse of the flat, hadn't Swedish biscuits and pats of but-
cage of light arrived and ter and told Roland to sit down. dryly. "But I must go, and you And at the front door she said: "I
must see you to the lift."
you doors slid apart with a clatter. You?"
"Help yourself to whisky," said must eat." "Only for moment then," said
"I'm not hungry. I thought I
"Not at all. Of course
"Wo just want to go up to the Phoebe. "It's over there. And
I had some ten mustn't. the man.
"It's
after half-past twelve. you must share my hot soup." She was, but I'm not.
and some of Nanny's sandwiches "Yes, I must, Daddy would if roof for a moment." she said to And you ought to be asleep you was unscrewing the Thermos,
"Certainly, mias," the liftman "I'll sit down for ten seconds," in my dressing-room in the second he were here, and I shall." She the liftmon: know. And I have to be up pretty|
Roland answered. "And all I ask interval. I hadn't to change, you left the front door wide open, and,
And at the top she said, na they Aknow." She rose and opened the under the invigorating influence agreed with amiable heartiness. early to-morrow."
They went high up in the rapid in one glass of cold water." lift. The night-porter, who was firm tone. He reflected that if he door, authoritatively. After all, of the hotgnup, half skipped and
"You might turn a few lamps the had not been there she would have she was a bit of a star. He had half danced along the endless pub-stepped out: also the night-liftman and
bade them eaten alone, his youthful star of not declined her previous auggeaite corridor. night-telephonist,
was tion that he should have
"But," she said, turning to him. on, will you?"
(Continued on Page 11.) adiou quite naturally, as though two hemispheres; and he ho would not see Roland again. amazed, he was a little frighten-Iglimpse of the flat and really heThe most wonderful thing about! Phoebe led her visitor along a very long corridor and then, at a door, pulled out a latchkey in ai fashion business-like, habitual
thei from her bag, and opened door. The hall within was light-; ed in expectation, and beyond the hall a private corridor, very long, was also lighted from end to end. On one side, of the corridor were many doors, on the other
windows and curtained
vista doors. The Roland to be impressively inter- minable.. A stout and aged wo man in a black dress came bene- vulently smiling down the corri- dor to meet them.
many a few! seemed to
"Nanny," said the girl whom i once she had nursed and washed! and dressed. "I told you not to
naughty! wait up. You're very
Aren't you?"
"Yes,
I Miss Phoche. But wasn't going to bed," said the sid woman calmly. She opened a door and switched on lights and! stood waiting.
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