In fact, I'm something of a survival from the old school." He picked up the plan and Lister thought about Montgomery.

The man was ill and highly-strung, but this was not strange.

The factory was rather a daunting spot; reeking with foul smells and haunted by a sense of gloom.

Lister thought one might get morbid and imaginative if one stopped there long.

Yet he rather liked Montgomery; there was something attractive about him.