[Cover Illustration] ──────────────────────────────────── BOOKS BY “SAPPER” (H. C. McNeile) ──────────────────────────────────── THE DINNER CLUB THE BLACK GANG BULL-DOG DRUMMOND THE MAN IN RATCATCHER MUFTI THE HUMAN TOUCH NO MAN’S LAND MEN, WOMEN, AND GUNS SERGEANT MICHAEL CASSIDY THE LIEUTENANT AND OTHERS ──────────────────────────────────── HODDER & STOUGHTON, LTD. PUBLISHERS LONDON ──────────────────────────────────── THE D I N N E R C L U B STORIES BY “SAPPER” (H. C. McNEILE) H O D D E R A N D S T O U G H T O N L T D . TORONTO LONDON NEW YORK _Made and Printed in Great Britain._ _Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury._ Contents FOREWORD CHAPTER I. THE ACTOR’S STORY, BEING THE PATCH ON THE QUILT II. THE BARRISTER’S STORY, BEING THE DECISION OF SIR EDWARD SHOREHAM III. THE DOCTOR’S STORY, BEING SENTENCE OF DEATH IV. THE ORDINARY MAN’S STORY, BEING THE PIPES OF DEATH V. THE SOLDIER’S STORY, BEING A BIT OF ORANGE PEEL VI. THE WRITER’S STORY, BEING THE HOUSE AT APPLEDORE VII. THE OLD DINING-ROOM VIII. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK IX. JEMMY LETHBRIDGE’S TEMPTATION X. LADY CYNTHIA AND THE HERMIT XI. A GLASS OF WHISKY XII. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT GET DRUNK Foreword