What did he say to you when you came hack from Hellesfield ?" Tallente was silent.

There was, in fact, no answer which he could make.

"I do not wish to dwell on that," Dartrey went on.

"Ingratitude is the natural sequence of the distorted political ideals which we are out to destroy.
You should be in the frame of mind, Tallente, to see things clearly.
You must realise the rotten condition of the political party to which Horlock belongs--the Coalitionists, the Whip, or whatever they like to call themselves.

The government of this country since the war has been a farce and a mockery.