of his face were tightening and his drunken look was disappearing the whole performance was over in about five minutes but in all my experience as a newspaperman and more especially as a police reporter I had never seen such a rapid change not wanting him to know that I'd been watching him I made for the bathroom when I got back to the dining room I found the host at the head of the table and file his face was still a little flushed to all appearances he was sober at the end of the dinner he presented a very dramatic and convincing