A voice broke on his ear, coming, it seemed, from another world.
"Dick, may we come in?"
He rose, saw Katherine, Austin, and Viviette on the threshold. He
invited them to enter, and shook Katherine by the hand, as if he had not
met her for a long time.
Viviette danced down to the table. "Now, Dick, we're all here. Put on
your most learned, and antiquarian mariner. Ladies and gentlemen, I call
on Mr. Richard Ware to deliver his interesting lecture on the ingenious
instruments men have devised for butchering each other."
Dick put his hand to his head in a confused way. His real self was
beginning to merge itself into that of the quiet gentleman, and there
was a curious red mist before his eyes.
"Come on," cried Viviette. "Look at Katherine. Her mouth is watering for
tales of bloodshed."
Dick could not remember his usual starting-point. He stared stupidly at
the table for a moment; then picked up a weapon at random, and made a
great effort.
"This is a Toledo sixteenth-century sword--reported to have belonged to
Cosmo de Medici.
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