"You are a man after my own heart, you are thorough, you leave nothing undone.

That is why," he added, lowering his voice a little, "we are the greatest race in the world.

Drink before everything, my friend," he went on, "drink I must have.

What a day! The very clouds that hide the sun are full of sulphurous heat." Dominey rang the bell, ordered hock and seltzer and ice.

Seaman drank and threw himself into an easy-chair.
"There is no fear of your being called out of the country because of that, I hope ?" he asked a little anxiously, nodding his head towards his companion's uniform.
"Not at present," Dominey answered.