David Brunger's card together with a selection of entirely unsolicited
testimonials composed and dictated by Mr. Brunger for the occasion.
Also his duty to receive clients.
When a knock was heard at "DAVID BRUNGER (Clerks)" Mr. Issy Jago would
slip through from "DAVID BRUNGER (Private)" to the tiny closet
containing the cistern into which the door marked "DAVID BRUNGER
(Clerks)" opened. Sliding through this door in such a manner as to
give the client no glimpse of the interior, he would inform the
visitor, with a confidential wink, "Fact is we have a client in there
--a very well-known personage who does not wish it to be known that he
is consulting us." The impressed caller would then be conducted into
"DAVID BEUNGER (Private)."
Between "DAVID BRUNGER (Private)" and "DAVID BRUNGER (Office)," on the
other hand, there was no communication. Indeed there was no room
behind "(Office)": the door gave on to the roof. When, therefore, a
hesitating client chose to knock at "(Office)" Mr. Issy Jago, emerging
from "(Private)," would give the whispered information: "Fact is
there's a very important private consultation going on in there--
Scotland Yard consulting us." And the impressed client would forthwith
be led into "DAVID BRUNGER (Private)."
In either event, the client trapped, Mr.
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