He felt that he had, some how, the situation in his hands.

Everything had gone well, and he knew that his part had been played with some aplomb--natural, instinctive.

Unlike most large men, he had a mind always alert, not requiring the inspiration of unusual moments.

What struck him most forcibly now was the tasteful courtesy which had made his entrance easy.

He instinctively compared it to the courtesy in the lodge of an Indian chief, or of a Hudson's Bay factor who has not seen the outer world for half a century.