THEY were in a particularly argumentive mood this evening, the group of three seated around a corner table in a snug little club up three flights of stairs ; which explains why the matter was ever carried so far. No point could be raised, no matter how insignificant, without a snappy rejoinder or a biting commentary.By QUENTIN QUARREN20 min
WE were all sorry when Stewart lost his money. He was one of those fellows with whom money had never made any difference, though he had more than any of us except Mason. And it was Mason who told me that Stewart had come a cropper in South Africans.By ALAN SULLIVAN20 min
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