13/23 And I told him str'ight," etc. "They're likely to be wanting a new traveller, I should say." "They will if they take my advice," replied the shopkeeper. "And that I shall give 'em, 'ot and strong." As he drove on Gammon mused over this incident. The oil and colour business was not one of his "specialities," but he knew a good deal about it, and could easily learn what remained. The name of Quodling interested him, being that of the man in the City who so strikingly resembled Mr.Clover; who, moreover, was probably connected in some way with the oil and colour firm. |