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"Excellent, I should think," was the careless reply "I never had any trouble"

"Of course," the lawyer continued, "this will all be new to you, but during the last few years Englishmen have become divided into two classes--the people who believe that the Gero to war and crush us, and those who don't"

"Then since my return the nust the doubtfuls an remarked "All the same, I can't quite see what Germany wants with such an i to her fleet"

Dominey paused for a moment to discuss the matter of a sauce with the head waiter He returned to the subject a few minutes later on, however

"Of course," he pointed out, "my opinions can only come from a study of the newspapers and from conversations with such Germans as I have met out in Africa, but so far as her army is concerned, I should have said that Russia and France were responsible for that, and the ration Russia ht at any tiainst a revolution, and you know the feeling in France about Alsace-Lorraine as well as I do The Germans themselves say that there ismade in Russia to-day than ever before"

"I have no doubt that you are right," agreed Mr Mangan "It is a reat deal discussed just noever Let us speak of your personal plans What do you intend to do for the next feeeks, say? Have you been to see any of your relatives yet?"

"Not one," Doether keen aboutadvances"

Mr Mangan coughed "Youthe period of your last residence in London," he said, "you were in a state of chronic impecuniosity No doubt that rather affected the attitude of some of those ould otherwise have been more friendly"

"I should be perfectly content never to see one of theain," declared Dominey, with perfect truth

"That, of course, is io and see the Duchess, at any rate She was always your champion"

"The Duchess was always very kind to me," Dominey admitted doubtfully, "but I aland"