His visitor's tone was serious and convincing.
"I fear that we are at loggerheads.

It is an envoy from the Labour Party whom I am expecting." "I am that envoy." "You ?" Mr.Stenson exclaimed, in blank bewilderment.
"I ought to explain a little further, perhaps.

I have been writing on Labour questions for some time under the pseudonym of `Paul Fiske'." "Paul Fiske ?" Mr.Stenson gasped.

"You--Paul Fiske ?" Julian nodded assent.
"You are amazed, of course," he proceeded, "but it is nevertheless the truth.

The fact has just come to light, and I have been invited to join this new emergency Council, composed of one or two Socialists and writers, amongst them a very distinguished prelate; Labour Members of Parliament, and representatives of the various Trades Unions, a body of men which you doubtless know all about.