14At midnight the two were again sitting in the men’s restaurant. The place had filled, emptied and filled again since they had come there. Many had now come in from the theatres. But certainly there could have been no other such strangely-assorted couple there. Rulon had been cursing d**k all evening, but he would not let him go. d**k set his jaw; kept his end up as well as he could, and bided his time.
Dick’s mind had been longingly coquetting with the idea of knock-out drops, but he had to relinquish it for two very good reasons; first he had no money; second he didn’t know what to ask for. All he could do was to sit opposite Rulon silently willing the man to drink. Either that or something else was very effective, for during this evening Rulon had outdone all his previous exploits in
