A GOOD RECOVERY.
Mr. Martin Shaw, the musician and composer of operas, in his new book of reminiscences entitled "Up to Now," tells a good story of Viscount Grey of Fallodcn and another^ At an international conference Lord Grey found himself one day seated next to a polite gentleman from a country in Eastern Europe. While Lord Grey was speaking, he had his watch on the table in front of him. At the end of the meeting he found that his watch had disappeared. Wishing to avoid a scandal, he consulted the representative of another small Balkan State. "Oh, yes," said the diplomat, "leave it to me. I will see him and call at your hotel with the missing article this afternoon." He was as good as his word, and on arriving was shown into Lord Grey's room, where he took the watch from his pocket, saying as he did so. "I called on M. and arranged the little matter without the least unpleasantness; and here, as you see, is your watch."
Lord Grey thanked him warmly and said, "But did ho say nothing in explanation of his conduct?"
"Xot a word." "But, surely, that is most extraordinary?"
"Oh, no. You see, he does not know that I have got it! "
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 21
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211A GOOD RECOVERY. Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 21
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