142 THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN 



that was only broken by the sound of his plate 

 being pushed away from him with a snort of 

 disgust. To-day, since he has taken to golf, 

 this man is an altered being, displaying a 

 healthy appetite for whatever food is placed 

 before him, and talking happily away all through 



dinner upon the subject in which^ he is now 

 absorbingly interested. Often, indeed, his flow 

 of genial garrulity continues until long after 

 bedtime; he ^Wll keep his wife awake half the 

 night describing the three perfect putts he made 

 upon the last green; he will rouse her at 2 a.m. 



