1/15 MERCHISON Nobody disputed my inheritance, for, so far as I could learn, Mrs. Nor indeed could it have been disputed, for I had never so much as hypnotised the deceased. When it was known how rich I had become I grew even more popular in Dunchester than I had been before, also my importance increased at headquarters to such an extent that on a change of Government I became, as I have said, Under-Secretary to the Home Office. Although I was a useful man hitherto I had always been refused any sort of office, because of the extreme views which I professed--on platforms in the constituencies--or so those in authority alleged. |