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Between novels he kept his name sweet in intellectual circles with unprofitable but modish works on history and travel. His signed first editions sometimes changed hands at a shilling or two above their original price. He had published eight books—(beginning with a life of Rimbaud written when he was eighteen, and concluding, at the moment, with Waste ofTime, a studiously modest description of some harrowing months among the Patagonian Indians)—of which most people who lunched with Lady Metroland could remember the names of three or four. He had many charming friends of whom the most valued was the lovely Mrs. Algernon Stitch.  \nLike all in her circle John Boot habitually brought his difficulties to her for solution. It was with this purpose, on a biting-cold mid-June morning, that he crossed the Park and called at her house (a superb creation by Nicholas Hawksmoor modestly concealed in a cul-de-sac near Saint James’s Palace) .  \nAlgernon Stitch was standing in the hall; his bowler hat was on his head; his right hand, grasping a crimson, royally emblazoned dispatch case, emerged from the left sleeve of his overcoat; his other hand burrowed petulantly in his breast pocket. An umbrella under his left arm further inconvenienced him. He spoke indistinctly, for he was holding a folded copy of the morning paper between his teeth.  \n“Can’t get it on,” he seemed to say.  \nThe man who had opened the door came to his assistance, removed the umbrella and dispatch case and laid them on the marble table; removed the  \ncoat and held it behind his master. John took the newspaper.  \n“Thanks. Thanks very much. Much obliged. Come to see Julia, eh?”  \nFrom high overhead, down the majestic curves ofthe great staircase, came a small but preternaturally resonant voice.  \n“Try not to be late for dinner, Algy; the Kents are coming.”  \n“She’s upstairs,” said Stitch. He had his coat on now and looked fully an English cabinet minister; long and thin, with a long, thin nose, and long, thin moustaches; the ideal model for continental caricaturists.“You’ll find her in bed,” he said.  \n“Your speech reads very well this morning.” John was always polite to Stitch; everybody was; Labor members loved him.  \n“Speech? Mine? Ah. Reads well, eh? Sounded terrible to me. Thanks all the same. Thanks very much. Much obliged.”  \nSo Stitch went out to the Ministry of Imperial Defense and John went up to see Julia.  \nAs her husband had told him, she was still in bed although it was past eleven o’clock. Her normally mobile face encased in clay was rigid and menacing as an Aztec mask. But she was not resting. Her secretary, Miss Holloway, sat at her side with account books, bills and correspondence. With one hand Mrs. Stitch was signing checks; with the other she held the telephone to which, at the moment, she was dictating details of the costumes for a charity ballet. An elegant young man at the top of a stepladder was painting ruined castles on the ceiling. Josephine, the eight year old Stitch prodigy, sat on the foot of the bed construing her day’s passage of Virgil. Mrs. Stitch’s maid, Brittling, was reading her the clues of the morning crossword. She had been hard at it since half-past seven.  \nJosephine rose from her lesson to kick John as he entered.“Boot,” she said savagely,“Boot,” catching him first on one knee cap, then on the other. It was a joke of long standing.  \nMrs. Stitch turned her face of clay, in which only the eyes gave a suggestion of welcome, towards her visitor.  \n“Come in,” she said,“I’m just going out. Why twenty pounds to Mrs. Beaver?”  \n“That was for Lady Jean’s wedding present,” said Miss Holloway.“I must ha","cbCaiuxf3YTUdYTN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuxf3YTUdYTN","pdf",955952,209,"English","# Book One - The Stitch Service\n## John Courteney Boot visits Mrs. Algernon Stitch\n## Mrs. Stitch’s household and ongoing activities\n## Family interactions and dialogue","[{\"question\":\"Who does John Courteney Boot go to see for help?\",\"answer\":\"John Courteney Boot visits Mrs. Algernon Stitch, bringing his difficulties to her for solution.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the text emphasize about Mrs. Algernon Stitch’s household?\",\"answer\":\"Her household is highly busy and ceremonial, with work handled by a secretary, domestic preparations, lessons, and various ongoing tasks happening simultaneously.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of John’s visit on the morning described?\",\"answer\":\"John’s visit is meant to obtain guidance or a solution to his current troubles through Mrs. Stitch’s influence and connections.\"}]","Scoop - Book One | PDF",322]