Excerpt from The Works of E. Phillips Oppenheim: Mysterious Mr. Sabin
"To all such meetings as these!" cried Densham, lifting his champagne glass from under the soft halo of the rose-shaded electric lights. "Let us drink to them, Wolfenden - Mr. Felix!"
"To all such meetings!" echoed his vis-a-vis, also fingering the delicate stem of his glass. "An excellent toast!"
"To all such meetings as these!" murmured the third man, who made up the little party. "A capital toast indeed!"
They sat at a little round table in the brilliantly-lit supper-room of one of London"s most fashionable restaurants. Around them were the usual throng of well dressed men, of women with bare shoulders and flashing diamonds, of dark-visaged waiters, deft, silent, swift-footed. The pleasant hum of conversation, louder and more unrestrained as the hour grew towards midnight, was varied by the popping of corks and many little trills of feminine laughter. Of discordant sounds there were none. The waiters" feet fell noiselessly upon the thick carpet, the clatter of plates was a thing unheard of. From the balcony outside came the low, sweet music of a German orchestra played by master hands.
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