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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1932.

The Late Arnold Bennett's Last Long Story | UNFINISHED

"DREAM OF DESTINY”

BYNOPEIR

(Copyright Strictly Reserved.)

about Roland Lane Emith, youn mat

A young town, principally, meels

Actress Phoebe Friar, who speedily Impresses herit upon him, the girl of vivid tragic deat he had had a few night previously. He Baht shy of her weyunintanceship, being

1re

strangely fearful of the fulfilment of the dream, which ended in her death after

After them. elowe Intimacy latwer debut na star in London, he is somehow ompelled to accompany her i ber dat, where he discusses the play. Afterwards he find himalt torn between her will a wo

ataya AWAY And he tent of the dream. from her for fortnight. Nancy, his water in-law and Cecil Thomasson, M.P. 8 cheat friend, call to see him. They want to van the untelal fele, which is controle.

NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.

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MASTERPIECE

ridors and down two double short Arnold Bennett's last flight of stone stairs and had seen many front doors, each of which

wives of tenants and more children

protested a complete home as vast long story was left us Bessie's, and encountered sundry unfinished, but this does not spoil its ΟΥ readable

"Roly," said Mrs. Smythe, after relating the Inspection of Bessie's home, and diluting her bland praise

of the whole block with a few

ho

with the fnelal soft roundnesses of of tenants, in all of whom the ap "The place doesn't seem quite as one recently risen up from childixed.proach of the august benevolentworth urge us when I saw it under con-She had a reserved, falutly amiling visitors induced a suddon, self-con-

dignity, and she took her late mis-scious allence And when they quality, but rather Blruction," said Tommy.

"But it is," said Roland stoutly. tress's hand quite naturally, though were back in Roland's office, densely "It must be," Tommy concurred. this was the first time in her Ille populating it, they both had a feel-adds a mystery value|| which will be found As they went down flight after that this had been offered to her, ing of having escaped from a flight of steps, Roland was uncom- After being the servant of a house; foreign, perllous, incomprehensiblo

very intriguing. fortably atruck by the unyielding, mistress, Mrs. Langley was now a anil Loo-fecund world.

of everything house-mistress, and. had a strong, eciloing stoniness concrete walls of the corridora, earnest man (a postman) who went stone floors of the corridors-or the out and worked for her and gave appearance and resistance of stone, her his wages to pay for their food the baby-ex- and stone stairs. He cheered him-and her frocks and self by exhibiting a floor-bathroom penses and generally to manage, polite, well-pointed animadversions, anid, wondering in alurm why

I'm "I'm giving a little fare-well dinner should speak auch alle. "No, I was free. and floor-wash-house. Two wo And she was as house-proud as men were washing linen In the Mancy herself; and she had the next Mondity before I leave de-getting mixed up. washhouse, while a third woman at right to be for her home, though finitely for othwall. And i want Thanks very much. I'll be charm- the open window grosalping stuify-despite an open window-you to come. Her manner had el to come." He thought: "Why? CHAPTER IV (Continued).

She had Why? Why? I've settled not to The visitation of the block was with another woman at the adjoin-was very adequately furnished in now completely changed. hardly an unmixed

Roing window of the bathroom. She the latest style on the hire-purchase inished her excursion into the see her. I don't want to sco land felt himself quite at ense turned and glanced with sharp hos-system, and very clean. And she foreign, perilous world, and was at again. I want not to see her.

too was very clean and neat and home again safe in her own claus, have an engagement and I shall therein when he was alone. But -tility at the opulent intruders.

tidy; and naught was lacking, and The reserved. snifling, slightly have to lie myself out of it. I'm there was no snag in the whole patronizing air was dropped. A letting myself in for something matter, except the weekly payments, real benevolence, almost effulgent, that there's no excuse for letting But when Nancy and Mr. Thomas- neemetl to inspire her. And even myself in for. And yet I do it! son and Bessie were fairly in the when she leaned forward from her I must be mad." He said aloud, in too-odorous sitting-room they Alcd chair and without asking permis-a negligent tone: "Eight-thirty as sheet of paper usual, I suppose. Black or white?" -lon picked up it, for it was extremely small, and

"Oh! It had better be white. I might indeed have been the sitting from the managerial desk and room of a large doll's house. The began to fan herself with it, she don't know Mr. Friar very well, and

somewhat I daresay he's rather particular." visitors looked over the room, and accomplished

the audacious gesture quite inoffen- out of the window, and into kitchenette, of about the area of unively. unfolded evening paper, and then with into the bedroom crowded

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"I should like to see one of the the presence of a friend and of bla friend from The Beltons made him fats," said Tommy, still admirably a little self-conscious, and the long conscientious in bis inquisition.

"Afraid we can't go bursting in corridors, narrower and lower than they had ever seemed to him be-on them at this time of the morn fore, though he had displayed ing," Itoland replied. Thames Court to various kinds of earnest persona. Nancy was slight- ly too broad for the corridors, and Cecil Thomasson, M.P., like him- self, was a trifle too tall for them, Roland realized anew, and lamentably, that only twen children could walk abreast fortably in the corridors. And the staircases between storeys had to

"Can't we?" suid Nancy. Itoland said: "How should you like sotne stranger from these flata burat in on you at The Boltons and say to you they'd be interested reore to see the way you lived 7"

thin That's not quite the same," said com-Nancy.

"I't it? Roland demanded. "Yes, it's just the same." said be ascended and descended with Tommy, and toland at once forgave precautions for bodily safety. him his note-taking. Cousin Nancy--nevertheless very

"But you've got people named kindly, too kindly disposed-did'angley here, haven't you?" asked

wereNaury, persovering. murmur that the corridors ferinups

bit on the narrow side. And when they reaches the wonder-

forge bed and a tiny cot. And Naney, gazing at the blue-eyed in- habitant of the cot, exclaimed with genuine enthusiasm: "How sweet! I do congratulato you, Bessie, and I'm so glad you don't give her one of those awful indiarubber teats to suck. I never saw finer child. What did she weigh at birth?" The two mothers confabulated at some length, while Mr. Thomasson looked

the

Tommy was conning his notes. "Afraid I'm engaged that night," Roland answered.

"How tiresome you are!" Nancy murmured gently. "I counted on you. I've only stayed in town so long because of Phoebe's dreadful

ishing."

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her

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"I may have to be in morning dress, Tommy put in, glancing up from his notes. "I mightn't bo able to get away early enough, and I might have leave before din

You never know." ner's aver.

"I hope you won't have to leave early," said Nancy. "But about dress, it doesn't matter for you. You're In the House, and everyone knows you're the slave of the "Yes. Saturday. I've got her Division bells."

"So you're asking Tommy7" Ro- for Monday to say good-bye to her,

remarked, affectionately poor thing! And her father and land mother are coming home on Friday quizzical, teasing, to cover his self- so that they can go to the last night. consciousness due to the lie and his

inexplicable insone condue. And I've asked them too. Friar is better."

Mr.

"Yes, and Millicent as well." "Millicent?"

"Yes, second flour. "Well, she used to be my cook. ful roof, she ventured to suggest lite slayed on after she was mar- that the roof might be dangerous, ried until rently she couldn't de- Yet it was most prudently railed antly stay any longer. I think around, as if afraid lest he might in. Roland pointed out this fret, they were waiting for the vacancy be involved in any indecent talk. In "here. I'll call on her. I'm sure five minutes the visitors had taken whereupon Nancy whispered:

Ishe won't mind showing me her, the measure of Bessie's kingdom "Wait a moment," said Roland. was thinking of suicides."

five times over. Nancy went away "Let me look at my book." He was "We've made ample provision for Bir home,"

"Certainly," said Roland. "If pleased at having performed a kind- in fact engaged for the Monday suleides," said Roland, "with the windows. Jump out of the window you know her, it'll be perfect."ly social net, and Mr. Thomasson night. But a sudden and frightful for the went away pleased because he know temptation seized him and all his of any storey higher than the first, Withal, he dil not cure and you'd be a suicide right enough notion of invading Mrs. Langley's that he had made a highly favour-faculties. He drew forth his little protective tone.

little home. Having conducted able impression upon the cook. book and turned the pages. Yes, on that asphalte."

them to Mrs. Langley's front door, And the pair passed along two car he had an engagement. "No," he Roland suit to Nangy:

"Yes," said Nancy. "It's all

very asphalty."

And it was.

"I'll leave you and Tommy to ins- Even the root was asphalted. The spacious yards pret, and I'll be in my office." were asphalted. In the covered

Nuney knocked with Mr. playground and in the open play-Langley's knocker, and the metallic ground (with swings and see-sawa) ¡uoise resounded along, the corridor, Children had to play on asphalte. and Mrs. Langley herself opened And at the moment several children the door. were using the open playground un

"Well. Bessie," Nancy greeted

"I happened to be in the ment of their own shrieks. On the building and 1 felt I couldn't leave roof-benches a few old men and one without having just a peep at you. middle-aged woman sal sprawling (Oh!

playing to the fantastic accompani-her.

How nice it is. This is Mr. He's eaten plenty of meals. haven't you, Mr. Thomasson ?

and somnolent in the faint, heavy Thomasson. sunshine. Tommy annoyed Roland your by conscientiously making notes, In hid quality of member of a

Mrs. Langley was a tall, massiye not at however,

tionse

of Commons Housing Committee.

young woman,

H.E, the Governor-General of Canada, Lord, Bassborough, arriving in State at Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, to deliver the King's Message to the Imperial Conferencs delegates.

Presenting the Colours to the Governor-General's Foot, Guardi of the social functions at Ottawa during the Imperial Confu

"Millicent Redeorn. My din- ner's partly fei then. Haven't you told him, Tommy?" Nancy spoke in a semi-maternal, a directive and

(Continued on Page 11.).

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