remembered
that party
of Miss
Maddison's,not
because it
had been
there that
he had won
his first
fight,but
for the
deeper
reason
that from
that day
his life
received a
new
colour,woven
into the
texture of
it;even
now when
he thinks
of those
hours that
followed
Miss
Maddison's
party he
catches
his breath
and
glances
around him
to see
whether
everything
is
safe.The
children,on
arriving
home that
evening,found
that their
father and
mother had
already
returned
from
