So does every Englishman.

That's why we are such duffers at the game, I suppose." Julian watched his friend with a slight frown.
"How in thunder did you get mixed up with this affair, Furley ?" he asked quietly.
Furley's bewilderment was too natural to be assumed.

He removed his pipe from his teeth and stared at his friend.
"What the devil are you driving at, Julian ?" he demanded.

"I can assure you that I went out, the night before last, simply to make one of the rounds which falls to my lot when I am in this part of the world and nominated for duty.

There are eleven of us between here and Sheringham, special constables of a humble branch of the secret service, if you like to put it so.