You're sure of a post, so long as there's any construction work going on." "A post of a kind! Not the best kind, where a man would have a chance of making his mark ?" "Well," said Kerr, "I think that's what I meant.

The headquarters bosses don't know us personally, and judge by a man's training and the certificates he's got.

Of course, in spite of this, talent will find its way, and sometimes one gets there by a stroke of luck." Festing smiled, rather bitterly.

"I have no marked talent, and haven't found it pay to trust to luck.

In fact, my only recommendations are a kind of practical ability and a capacity for hard work.