The note which he had received from Norgate that day was, however, the first appeal which had ever been made to him.
"I have been away for a week-end's golf," Hebblethwaite explained, as they took their places at the table.

"There comes a time when figures pall, and snapping away in debate seems to stick in one's throat.

I telephoned directly I got your note.

Fortunately, I wasn't doing anything this evening.

We won't play about.