[Greenmantle by John Buchan]@TWC D-Link bookGreenmantle CHAPTER TWO 18/58
But as individooal citizens we're in it up to the neck.
So, in the spirit of Jefferson Davis and Woodrow Wilson, I'm going to be the nootralist kind of nootral till Kaiser will be sorry he didn't declare war on America at the beginning.' I was completely recovering my temper.
This fellow was a perfect jewel, and his spirit put purpose into me. 'I guess you British were the same kind of nootral when your Admiral warned off the German fleet from interfering with Dewey in Manila Bay in '98.' Mr Blenkiron drank up the last drop of his boiled milk and lit a thin black cigar. I leaned forward.
'Have you talked to Sir Walter ?' I asked. 'I have talked to him, and he has given me to understand that there's a deal ahead which you're going to boss.
There are no flies on that big man, and if he says it's good business then you can count me in.' 'You know that it's uncommonly dangerous ?' 'I judged so.
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