19/43 Colonel Dewes for his part was not reluctant to continue it, in spite of the mental wear and tear which it involved. He felt that he was clearly in the vein. There was no knowing what brilliant thing he might not say next. He wished that some of those clever fellows on the India Council were listening to him. "Why back there does one forget the discomfort of India ?" He asked the question less in search of information than to discover whether the feelings of which he was conscious were shared too by his companion. |