There! Have I wasted much of your time?
Can I not speak of my hobby without a flood of words ?" "Conciseness itself," Mangan admitted, "and I compliment you most heartily upon your scheme.

If you can get the right people into it, it should prove a most valuable society." "In Germany I have the right people.

All Germans who live for their country and feel for their country loathe the thought of war.

We want peace, we want friends, and, to speak as man to man," he concluded, tapping the lawyer upon the coat sleeve, "England is our best customer." "I wish one could believe," the latter remarked, "that yours was the popular voice in your country." Seaman rose reluctantly to his feet.
"At half-past two," he announced, glancing at his watch, "I have an appointment with a woollen manufacturer from Bradford.

I hope to get him to join my council." He bowed ceremoniously to the lawyer, nodded to Dominey with the familiarity of an old friend, and made his bustling, good-humoured way out of the room.
"A sound business man, I should think," was the former's comment.