'"Come—I carried it off pretty well," he said,wheeling suddenly. "Something's paid off—not much.I wonder what's to come." His face did not show any emotion, only it appeared a little darkened and swollen,as though he had been holding his breath. He smiled reluctantly as it were, and went on while I gazed up at him mutely.... "Thank you, though—your room—jolly convenient—for a chap—badly hipped." ... The rain pattered and swished in the garden; a water-pipe(it must have had a hole in it) performed just outside the window a parody of blubbering woe with funny sobs and gurgling lamentations, interrupted by jerky spasms of silence.... "A bit of shelter," he mumbled and ceased.