[There follows exactly as much pause as it would take to take off and set aside a hat which had, just that instant, been taken into hand and raised to one's head.]
My regrets.
[Whether he esteemed Aubrey higher than he did the hat, however, would never be known.]
[written]
My regrets.
[Whether he esteemed Aubrey higher than he did the hat, however, would never be known.]
Four o'clock, then.