Chapter 21

Donohue, a model man, immaculate, in immaculate black, proclaimed the arrival, and ushered in the person, of Sir Roger. You would like Sir Roger Rundel; bronzed, well groomed, reserved, forty-five; he is what we mean by a typical English gentleman. He and O’Hagan are old friends. Donohue made fresh _kahweh_ (no one expects whisky in the _mandarah_), whilst Sir Roger selected from the rack an amber mouthpiece neatly labelled “R.R.” and appropriated the guest’s tube of the narghli. O’Hagan: “Been hoping to see you ev…