THE COMPLETE DAVID BLAIZE TRILOGY (Illustrated Edition). Эдвард Бенсон

awfully, but I had tea with a chap in college.”

      “Well, have another.”

      David considered this proposition simply on its own merits.

      “Well, I think I will,” he said. “But you’ve got a rotten fire. Shan’t I take your kettle to the gas-stove?”

      “Yes; good egg. Pour a little into the teapot first, though. Hi! Not over my fingers.”

      “Sorry. It didn’t really touch you, did it?”

      Maddox laughed.

      “No, of course not. I should have smacked your head if it had. Thought it was going to.”

      “Just for safety,” said David. “I always swear before I’m hurt. Then they take more care.”

      “Yes; stick my kettle bang in the middle of the gas-stove. Say it’s mine if any one objects.”

      “Right,” said David. “It’ll be boiled in two shakes.”