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Altogether
I
fancy
I
was
rather
a
success
.
The
minister
did
n't
like
me
,
though
,
and
when
he
proposed
a
vote
of
thanks
,
spoke
of
Sir
Harry
's
speech
as
"
statesmanlike
"
and
mine
as
having
"
the
eloquence
of
an
emigration
agent
.
"
When
we
were
in
the
car
again
my
host
was
in
wild
spirits
at
having
got
his
job
over
.
"
A
ripping
speech
,
Twisdon
,
"
he
said
.
"
Now
,
you
're
coming
home
with
me
.
I
'm
all
alone
,
and
if
you
'll
stop
a
day
or
two
I
'll
show
you
some
very
decent
fishing
.
"
We
had
a
hot
supper
--
and
I
wanted
it
pretty
badly
--
and
then
drank
grog
in
a
big
cheery
smoking-room
with
a
crackling
wood
fire
.
I
thought
the
time
had
come
for
me
to
put
my
cards
on
the
table
.
I
saw
by
this
man
's
eye
that
he
was
the
kind
you
can
trust
.
"
Listen
,
Sir
Harry
,
"
I
said
.
"
I
've
something
pretty
important
to
say
to
you
.
You
're
a
good
fellow
,
and
I
'm
going
to
be
frank
.
Where
on
earth
did
you
get
that
poisonous
rubbish
you
talked
tonight
?
"
His
face
fell
.
"
Was
it
as
bad
as
that
?
"
he
asked
ruefully
.
"
It
did
sound
rather
thin
.
I
got
most
of
it
out
of
the
Progressive
Magazine
and
pamphlets
that
agent
chap
of
mine
keeps
sending
me
.
But
you
surely
do
n't
think
Germany
would
ever
go
to
war
with
us
?
"
"
Ask
that
question
in
six
weeks
and
it
wo
n't
need
an
answer
,
"
I
said
.
"
If
you
'll
give
me
your
attention
for
half
an
hour
I
am
going
to
tell
you
a
story
.
"
I
can
see
yet
that
bright
room
with
the
deers
'
heads
and
the
old
prints
on
the
walls
,
Sir
Harry
standing
restlessly
on
the
stone
curb
of
the
hearth
,
and
myself
lying
back
in
an
armchair
,
speaking
.
I
seemed
to
be
another
person
,
standing
aside
and
listening
to
my
own
voice
,
and
judging
carefully
the
reliability
of
my
tale
.
It
was
the
first
time
I
had
ever
told
anyone
the
exact
truth
,
so
far
as
I
understood
it
,
and
it
did
me
no
end
of
good
,
for
it
straightened
out
the
thing
in
my
own
mind
.
I
blinked
no
detail
.
He
heard
all
about
Scudder
,
and
the
milkman
,
and
the
note-book
,
and
my
doings
in
Galloway
.
Presently
he
got
very
excited
and
walked
up
and
down
the
hearthrug
.
"
So
you
see
,
"
I
concluded
,
"
you
have
got
here
in
your
house
the
man
that
is
wanted
for
the
Portland
Place
murder
.
Your
duty
is
to
send
your
car
for
the
police
and
give
me
up
.
I
do
n't
think
I
'll
get
very
far
.
There
'll
be
an
accident
,
and
I
'll
have
a
knife
in
my
ribs
an
hour
or
so
after
arrest
.
Nevertheless
,
it
's
your
duty
,
as
a
law-abiding
citizen
.
Perhaps
in
a
month
's
time
you
'll
be
sorry
,
but
you
have
no
cause
to
think
of
that
.
"
He
was
looking
at
me
with
bright
steady
eyes
.
"
What
was
your
job
in
Rhodesia
,
Mr
Hannay
?
"
he
asked
.
