But he had interests and ambitions of his own to serve; a hint of them peeped out.
'As to your future plans ?' asked the reporter.

'You mean to go back, I presume.' 'No; London for me, if I can find a corner in it.

I hold concessions in Matanga.' 'The land needs development, of course.' 'Machinery too; capital most of all.' At the bookstall upon the platform Drake bought a copy of the _Times_, and whilst taking his change he was attracted by a grayish-green volume prominently displayed upon the white newspapers.

The sobriety of the binding caught his fancy.

He picked it up, and read the gold-lettered title on the back--_A Man of Influence_.