Chapter 1
No Change
For some minutes now Scollops had been gazing searchingly at Mr. Topper.
And Mr. Topper was troubled. Not definitely troubled, but vaguely
so, which to some persons is the most troublesome form of trouble. Mr.
Topper was one of such persons. In fact he was highly representative of
the type. So free from trouble had Topper\'s days been that gradually he
had come to regard with suspicion all creatures not likewise unencumbered.
No Change
For some minutes now Scollops had been gazing searchingly at Mr. Topper.
And Mr. Topper was troubled. Not definitely troubled, but vaguely
so, which to some persons is the most troublesome form of trouble. Mr.
Topper was one of such persons. In fact he was highly representative of
the type. So free from trouble had Topper\'s days been that gradually he
had come to regard with suspicion all creatures not likewise unencumbered.