The End of the PartyUpdated at Apr 4, 2022, 15:25
Peter Morton woke with a start to face the first light. Rain tapped against
the glass. It was January the fifth.
He looked across a table on which a night-light had guttered into a pool of
water, at the other bed. Francis Morton was still asleep, and Peter lay down
again with his eyes on his brother. It amused him to imagine it was himself
whom he watched, the same hair, the same eyes, the same lips and line of
cheek. But the thought palled, and the mind went back to the fact which
lent the day importance. It was the fifth of January. He could hardly believe
a year had passed since Mrs Henne-Falcon had given her last children's
party.......