It was fortunate that no other inquirers arrived at that moment, for they would have found something very like a Universal Aunt in the arms of a second-hand book seller with only one leg.
"I have been a very long time in resorting to 'The Beck and Call' for assistance; but now I have a real need. Will you go to the best Bond Street jewellers and buy a ring regardless of cost? It is a wedding present for one I am very fond of. Choose it as though it were for yourself.
Mr. Toby Staveley to Miss Benita Staveley:
"What a lark! I am preparing the best suite in the place for your honeymoon. All the best, honey, from your loving brother,
"TOBY STAVELEY "Manager "Fairmile Towers County Club, Ltd."
End of Project Gutenberg's Advisory Ben, by Edward Verrall (E. V.) Lucas