Penelope

By Gadfly on Aug 20, 2017

At the Carlton, Hampton is contemplating a chessboard in the lounge. A drunken man, Colonel Oliver Lacey, comes over and sits down opposite Paladin. He starts talking about marriage while two men at the bar smirk and watch him carry on. When Paladin leaves, one of them comes over and tells Oliver that he's been there for two days drinking and talking about his wife that he hasn't seen in two years. He suggests that Oliver is hanging on there because he might embarrass his wife coming in, and Oli…