Chapter 30 No.30

To Hugh Pontrex, Villa Rosa, Mentone.

91b Harley Street, W.,

December 25, 1910,

10.30 p.m.

My dear Hugh,

This seems an odd sort of time at which to begin a letter-even to you. But this has been an odd sort of Christmas, a kind of aftermath, as far as its festivities have been concerned, of those demanded by Molly's marriage. The two