The friend of Mr.Gould, charged with the delicate mission, used to say afterwards that she was the only honest person closely or remotely connected with the Government he had ever met.

"No go," she had said with a cavalier, husky intonation which was natural to her, and using turns of expression more suitable to a child of parents unknown than to the orphaned daughter of a general officer.

"No; it's no go.

_Pas moyen, mon garcon.

C'est dommage, tout de meme.