We are paying _The Cynic_ thirty guineas to insert this article, and the point is that they say that if they have to put in the 'national and imperial' business they must have twenty more." "Indeed, Jeffreys?
Why ?" "Because, Sir Robert--I will tell you, as you always like to hear the truth--their advertisement-editor is of opinion that Sahara Limited is a national and imperial swindle.

He says that he won't drag the nation and the empire into it in an editorial under fifty guineas." A faint smile flickered on Sir Robert's face.
"Does he, indeed ?" he asked.

"I wonder at his moderation.

Had I been in his place I should have asked more, for really the style is a little flamboyant.

Well, we don't want to quarrel with them just now--feed the sharks.