Yet these fellows down at Hellesfield preferred to support Bloxham, who twenty years ago would have been called a Tory." "I can quite understand your being puzzled at that," Tallente acknowledged.

"I was myself at first.

Since then I have received an explanation." "Well, well," Mr.Horlock interjected, with a return of his official genial manner, "we'll let sleeping dogs lie.

Have you made any plans, Tallente ?" "A week ago I thought of going to Samoa," was the grim reply.

"You don't want me, the country didn't seem to want me.