Put this envelope in your pocket, but don't read its contents till you have talked to him.

I want you to form your own opinion about Mr Blenkiron.' I went out of the Foreign Office in as muddled a frame of mind as any diplomatist who ever left its portals.

I was most desperately depressed.

To begin with, I was in a complete funk.

I had always thought I was about as brave as the average man, but there's courage and courage, and mine was certainly not the impassive kind.