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THE PRINCE OF KISHLASTAN could give parties which were vulgar in their ostentation and splendour, but he could also arrange dinners which were exquisite in their taste. His Excellency, in immaculate evening dress and undistinguishable from any other gentleman save for the copper skin and the white turban about his head, walked into the panelled diningroom of his private suite and inspected the table. Mr. Colley Warrington, who had arrived half an hour before r the first of the guests was due, nodded his expert approval as he examined one of the menu cards.
"That will tickle the Colonel," he said, his thumbnail against an item in the short but perfect wine list. The Prince pursed his thin lips. "So far as I am concerned, the dinner will be a bore. I am quite sure that Miss Joyner could have been induced to come if sufficient trouble had been taken," he said pettishly.