What the deuce is he doing there ?" "Let us see!" said I.
I opened the letter and scanned it through; then I read it aloud.
"Dear Hilary, "A line to let you know that I'm coming back soon.

I haven't quite finished my job--" "What was his job ?" "Heaven knows," I replied.

"The last time I heard from him he was cruising about the Sargasso Sea." I resumed my reading.
"-- for the usual reason, a woman.

If it wasn't for women what a thundering amount of work a man could get through.

Anyhow--I'm coming back, with an encumbrance.