Vive le Roi!' The vacancy will have to be filled up at once.

We'll have to find a suitable candidate.

Have you one in your mind ?" "Not a soul." "I have." "Who ?" "You." "Me ?" He nearly sprang into the air with astonishment.
"Why not ?" "They'd never adopt me." "I think they would," I said.

"There are men in the House as young as you.

You're well known at Wymington and at headquarters as my right-hand man.