I want to--well, I don't quite know what I want to do," he laughed, "but it's something big." "Yuss, my boy," said Barney Bill.

"I understand.

You was always like that.

You haven't come any nearer finding your 'igh-born parents ?"--there was a twinkle in his eyes--"'ave yer ?" "I'm not going to bother any more about them, whoever they are," said Paul, lighting a cigarette.

"When I was a kid I used to dream that they would find me and do everything for me.