THE SHOW Jansen, the big Swede, was the first to finish his meal in Drew's dining-room.

For that matter, he was always first.

He ate with astonishing expedition, lowering his head till that tremendous, shapeless mouth was close to the plate and then working knife and fork alternately with an unfaltering industry.

To-night, spurred on by a desire to pass through this mechanical effort and be prepared for the coming action, his speed was something truly marvellous.

He did not appear to eat; the food simply vanished from the plate; it was absorbed like a mist before the wind.