It was a considerable strain on me, as I hadn't a minute to prepare.

I had promised myself a couple of hours in the afternoon, when some Dutch ministers came down upon me to open a Y.W.C.A.

building that they had just converted from a low public-house at Beaconsfield a suburb of Kimberley.

If I would only go for half an hour they would be so grateful.

I couldn't refuse, so my bit of leisure was seized upon.
"However, we had a very good Meeting.