"These men join on the understanding that if anything comes out they deny all connection with us.

But they have the thing at heart.

I have here a very kind letter from Gladstone--" He felt in his pockets.
"I seem to have left it at home.

However, its purport was that he hoped we would not admit Lord Salisbury an honorary member." "Why not ?" "Well, the Society has power to take from its numbers, so far as ordinary members are concerned, but it is considered discourteous to reduce the honorary list." "Then why have honorary members ?" asked Andrew in a burst of enthusiasm.
"It is a necessary precaution.

They subscribe largely too.