"He always seems rather cooler than a cucumber.

But my belief is that that coolness is just the mask of really violent emotions.

I saw them working once.

I came in on the end of his row with Loudwater--just the end of it--my goodness! From my point of view, the dramatist's, you know, he's the most interesting person in the county--bar Lady Loudwater, of course." "I should never have thought him a terror," said Mr.Flexen, in a tone of somewhat incredulous surprise.

"I had a talk with him this evening about Lord Loudwater's death, and he seemed to me to be a pleasant enough fellow and an excellent soldier.