He could only say this, that _wherever_ it was, and he used the word _wherever_ with all the emphasis of which he was capable, the Government would accept the full responsibility for its being where it was.
The House adjourned in something like confusion.
Among those seated behind the grating of the Ladies' Gallery was Lady Elphinspoon.

Her quick instinct told her the truth.

Driving home, she found her husband seated, crushed, in his library.
"John," she said, falling on her knees and taking her husband's hands in hers, "is this true?
Is this the dreadful truth ?" "I see you have divined it, Caroline," said the statesman sadly.

"It is the truth.

We don't know where Wazuchistan is." For a moment there was silence.
"But, John, how could it have happened ?" "We thought the Colonial Office knew.