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...Maugham tale could have no better setting than the swank Muthaiga Country Club on a cooling hill outside flat, sunny Nairobi, capital of Kenya Colony. Scarcely one hour's drive from the haunts of zebra, giraffe and hartebeest, the Mut-haiga's members have built themselves a sporting retreat as refreshing as those they remember in Old England. From the club terrace, after nightfall, visitors may watch red, green and white fireflies flickering over the Kikuyu grass lawns...
...Frank, like every other Gentleman with a Purpose, mut be humored in his vagaries, but above all, he must not be laughed at. Every man is entitled to his opinion, however ridiculous. But as to a sense of humor giving poise to an individual, there Mr. Frank is wrong. Everyone knows that poise can come only from an exclusive finishing school, or from lots of blue blood. The simple day-laborer, laughing heartily when his fellow-workman falls into the mortar box, is possessed of no poise...