The Definite Object

Book Excerpt: eebly with onewhite hand towards the tall, carved cabinet in an adjacent corner.Mr. Brimberly coughed softly behind plump fingers."The--the key, sir?" he suggested."Oh, not at all necessary, Brimberly; the lock is faulty, you know.""Sir?" said Brimberly, soothing a twitching whisker."If you are familiar with the life of the Fourteenth Louis, Brimberly,you will remember that the Grand Monarch hated to be kept waiting--so doI. A cigar--in the cabinet yonder."With his whiskers in...