The one serious proposition we have to deal with is the defence of the harbour--as yet quite undeveloped--which is known as the 'Blue Mouth.' Since our aerial journey I have been to it by sea with Admiral Rooke in _The Lady_, and then on land with the Vladika, who was born on its shores, and who knows every inch of it.
"It is worth fortifying--and fortifying well, for as a port it is peerless in Mediterranean seas.

The navies of the world might ride in it, land-locked, and even hidden from view seawards.

The mountains which enclose it are in themselves absolute protection.

In addition, these can only be assailed from our own territory.

Of course, Voivode, you understand when I say 'our' I mean the Land of the Blue Mountains, for whose safety and well-being I am alone concerned.