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'I wonder,' said Mr Prendergast, 'I wonder whether I could have just a little more of this very excellent pheasant?'
'Anyway,' said Grimes, 'there shan't be any children; I'll see to that.'
'It has always been a mystery to me why people marry,' said Mr Prendergast. 'I can't see the smallest reason for it. Quite happy, normal people. Now I can understand it in Grimes' case. He has everything to gain by the arrangement, but what does Flossie expect to gain? And yet she seems more enthusiastic about it than Grimes. It has been the tragedy of my life that whenever I start thinking about any quite simple subject I invariably feel myself confronted by some flat contradiction of this sort. Have you ever thought about marriage in the abstract, I mean, of course?'
'Not very much,moncler jackets men, I'm afraid.'
'I don't believe,' said Mr Prendergast, 'that people would ever fall in love or want to be married if they hadn't been told about it. It's like abroad: no one would want to go there if they hadn't been told it existed. Don't you agree?'
'I don't think you can be quite right,fake louis vuitton bags,' said Paul; 'you see, animals fall in love quite a lot, don't they?'
'Do they?' said Mr Prendergast. 'I didn't know that. What an extraordinary thing! But then I had an aunt whose cat used to put its paw up to its mouth when it yawned. It's wonderful what animals can be taught. There is a sea lion at the circus, I saw in the paper, who juggles with an umbrella and two oranges.'
'I know what I'll do,' said Grimes. 'I'll get a motor bicycle.'
This seemed to cheer him up a little,nike shox torch ii. He took another glass of wine and smiled wanly. 'I'm afraid I've not been following all you chaps have said. I was thinking. What were we talking about?'
'Prendy was telling me about a sea lion who juggled with an umbrella and two oranges.'
'Why, that's nothing. I can juggle with a whacking great bottle and a lump of ice and two knives. Look!'
'Grimes, don't! Everyone is looking at you.'
The head waiter came over to remonstrate,Moncler Outlet. 'Please remember where you are, sir,' he said.
'I know where I am well enough,' said Grimes. 'I'm in the hotel my pal Sir Solomon Philbrick is talking of buying, and I tell you this, old boy: if he does, the first person to lose his job will be you. See?'
Nevertheless he stopped juggling, and Mr Prendergast ate two pêches Melba undisturbed.
'The black cloud has passed,' said Grimes. 'Grimes is now going to enjoy his evening.'
Part 1 Chapter 13
The Passing of a Public School Man

SIX days later the school was given a half holiday, and soon after luncheon the bigamous union of Captain Edgar Grimes and Miss Florence Selina Fagan was celebrated at the Llanabba Parish Church. A slight injury to his hand prevented Paul from playing the organ. He walked down the church with Mr Prendergast, who, greatly to his dismay, had been instructed by Dr Fagan to give away the bride.
'I do not intend to be present,' said the Doctor. 'The whole business is exceedingly painful to me.' Everybody else, however, was there except little Lord Tangent, whose foot was being amputated at a local nursing home. The boys for the most part welcomed the event as a pleasant variation to the rather irregular routine of their day. Clutterbuck alone seemed disposed to sulk.