"Welcome back to England.

When did you return ?" "Yesterday," Trent said shortly.
"And you have come," Da Souza continued, "fresh from the triumphs of the race-course.

It is so, I trust ?" "I have come straight from Ascot," Trent replied, "but my horse was beaten if that is what you mean.

I did not come here to talk about racing though.

I want a word with you in private." "With much pleasure, sir," Da Souza answered, throwing open with a little flourish the door of his sanctum.