‘My dear Sir,—The moment I had finished my work yesterday and had returned to this real world, I thought to myself, “Does Mr. Rogers remember that he invited me (that is, that I asked him to ask me and he asked me) to breakfast with him on the 30th?” The transaction took place at Mr. Sartoris’s: in the presence of witnesses—and to-morrow is the day. I shall not trouble Mr. Rogers to write to me (I reasoned with myself), but at 10 o’clock I will be at his door. I will say, “A gentleman who was invited a fortnight and a day ago comes to claim his breakfast. The host may have forgotten, but the guest has not.”
‘And I give you warning, my dear sir, that this visit is hanging over you, and that unless you fly from London you can’t help hearing my knock at your door at 10 to-morrow morning.
