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"I Have heard of you so ht ars out to the verandah, and were drinking the strong Persian coffee, with a prospect before thehts, and aclothes and wore a braided dinner-jacket which gave the faintest touch of the foreigner to his appearance At dinner he had talked well of a score of things He had answered George's questions on sport with the readiness of an expert; he had told a dozen good stories, and in an easy, pleasant way he had gossiped of books and places, people and politics His knowledge struck both nificance in Parliament were not unknown to him, and he was ready with a theory or an explanation on the ars found him a different man He ceased to be the enthusiast, the omnivorous and versatile inquirer, and relapsed into the ordinary good felloho is no cleverer than his neighbours

"We're confoundedly obliged to you," said George "Haystoun is keen enough, but when he was out last time he seems to have been very slack about the sport"

"Sort of student of frontier peoples and politics, as the newspapers call it I fancy that game is, what you say, 'played out' a little nowadays It is always a good cry for alarmist newspapers to send up their circulation by, but you and I, my friend, who have e nodded He liked to be considered a person of iet back to ibex

"I speak as of a different nation," Marker said, looking towards Lewis "But I find the curse of o ion Nowadays we are frivolous and sceptical about these things, but we are deadly in earnest about fads Plans to abolish war, schemes to reform criminals, and raise the condition of woman, and supply the Bada-Maith tooth-picks are sure of the ree," said Lewis "The Bada-Mawidi live there?" And he pointed to the hill line

Marker nodded He had used the name inadvertently as an illustration, and he had no wish to answer questions on the subject

"A troubleso the momentary hesitation