CHAPTER VI.--PLAYING WITH FIRE
Inspector Romilly thoroughly enjoyed himself that evening and later on, when he was much better off and in a position to give dinner parties himself, he often tried to reproduce something of the spirit that so pervaded things there.
All things harmonised so beautifully together. He was tired and he was hungry, and he sank thankfully into the happiness of it all.
Ease and wealth were so apparent everywhere.
There was the comfortable long room; the deeply cushioned chairs and the softly shaded lights. There was the smell of daintily cooked foods and the delicate aroma of fine old wines.
There was the hum of happy voices, the laughter of contented men at peace with all the world, and a gentle languorous feeling that life was very pleasant after all.
Then t
