Chapter 51
1910, Southampton
Leander was supposed to go to London with both of the Shockings. In the end, Mrs. Shocking declined, but insisted the men go as planned.
Basil chose the restaurant for the evening, but kept its name and location shrouded in secrecy. All Leander knew was to dress for dinner. Basil had promised a good time.
Dressed in their dinner tails, they made their way through London to the Piccadilly Circus. The cab pulled up in front of a fashionable restaurant, the Lyon’s Corner House. It looked quite ordinary on the outside, but when Basil told the maitre d’ that he had a table reserved in the Lily Pond, Leander knew this was going to be a special experience.
When they entered the section known as the Lily Pond, it resembled a rowdy day at Ascot rather than a respec
