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where Henry's mother was a little stouter and Aunt Annie a little thinner and a little primmer, but where nothing else was changed. Henry would have allowed his mother fifty pounds a week or so without an instant's hesitation, but she would not accept a penny over three pounds; she said she did not want to be bothered.
One day Henry read in the _Times_ that the French Government had made Tom a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and that Tom had been elected President of the newly-formed Cosmopolitan Art Society, which was to hold exhibitions both in London and Paris. And the _Times_ seemed to assume that in these transactions the honour was the French Government's and the Cosmopolitan Art Society's.
Frankly, Henry could not understand it. Tom did not even pay his creditors.
'Well, of course,' said Geraldine, 'everybody knows that Tom _is_ a genius.'
This speech slightly disturbed Henry. And the thought floated again vaguely through his mind that there was something about Geraldine which baffled him. 'But, then,' he argued, 'I expect all women are like that.'
A few days later his secretary brought him a letter.
'I say, Geraldine,' he cried, genuinely moved, on reading it. 'What do you think? The Anti-Breakfast League want me to be the President of the League.'
'And shall you accept?' she asked.
'Oh, certainly!' said Henry. 'And I shall suggest that it's called the National Anti-Breakfast League in future.'
'That will be much better, dearest,' Geraldine smiled.
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One day Henry read in the _Times_ that the French Government had made Tom a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and that Tom had been elected President of the newly-formed Cosmopolitan Art Society, which was to hold exhibitions both in London and Paris. And the _Times_ seemed to assume that in these transactions the honour was the French Government's and the Cosmopolitan Art Society's.
Frankly, Henry could not understand it. Tom did not even pay his creditors.
'Well, of course,' said Geraldine, 'everybody knows that Tom _is_ a genius.'
This speech slightly disturbed Henry. And the thought floated again vaguely through his mind that there was something about Geraldine which baffled him. 'But, then,' he argued, 'I expect all women are like that.'
A few days later his secretary brought him a letter.
'I say, Geraldine,' he cried, genuinely moved, on reading it. 'What do you think? The Anti-Breakfast League want me to be the President of the League.'
'And shall you accept?' she asked.
'Oh, certainly!' said Henry. 'And I shall suggest that it's called the National Anti-Breakfast League in future.'
'That will be much better, dearest,' Geraldine smiled.
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