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At the Athenaeum, that afternoon, members gathered together, buttonholed each other, talked it over and so importantly that, if you had not known better, you might have thought the war a minor event. It gave one rather a clear idea of the parochialism of clubland. But then, to discuss the affairs of people who never heard of you is, essentially, a social act.
Meanwhile the shouted extras had told of Lennox' arrest. The evening papers supplied the evidence.