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"No, I'm not worrying about that any more," he answered, accepting one of his host's cigars. "The fact of it is that if it were not for me you would be the one who would have to do the worrying." Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge stopped short in the act of lighting his cigar. "I'm not quite catching on," he remarked. "What's the trouble?" "There is no trouble, fortunately," Peter replied.
Even if the nations remain at peace, there are enmities which strike only deeper as the years pass. I am going to take a drink now with my disappointed friend Kosuth. If I raise my glass 'To the Day! you will understand." Peter smiled. "My friend Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge and I are for the same destination," he replied, pushing open the swing door which led to the bar.
Heseltine-Wrigge, said only one word, but that word was profane. "I am sorry, of course, that you have lost the business," Peter concluded, "but surely it's better than losing your money?" Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge struck the table fiercely with his fist. There was a gray and unfamiliar look about his face. "D-n it, the money's gone!" he declared, hoarsely. "They changed the day. Kosuth had to go back.
Heseltine-Wrigge, I suppose you understand your position. The loan may be repudiated at any moment." "Kind of a philanthropist, aren't you, Baron?" Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge remarked quietly. "Not in the least," Peter assured him. "I know there is some tricky work going on and I haven't brains enough to get to the bottom of it.
"How much do you want?" Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge asked. "A million to a million and a half," Peter answered. "Dollars?" "Pounds." It was not Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge's pose to appear surprised. Nevertheless his eyebrows were slightly raised. "Say, what is this scheme?" he inquired. "First of all," Peter replied, "I should like to know whether there's any chance of business if I disclose it."
That's why I've come blundering in to you, and why I suppose you'll be telling the whole story to the Count von Hern at luncheon in an hour's time." Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge smoked in silence for a moment or two. "This transaction of mine," he said at last, "Isn't one I can talk about. I guess I'm on to what you want to know, but I simply can't tell you.
"Did you happen to mention to the latter," Peter inquired, "that you were advancing money upon those vessels?" "Certainly not," Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge replied. "Kosuth wouldn't hear of such a thing. If the papers got wind of it, there'd be the devil to pay. All the same, I have got an assignment from the Turkish Government." "Not worth the paper it's written on," Peter declared, blandly. Mr.
Before they are completed, we may be fighting in the air." Peter smiled, and, side by side with Bernadine, strolled across to Heseltine-Wrigge, who was buttoning up a pocket-book with trembling fingers. "Personally," Peter said, "I believe that the days of wars are over." "That may or may not be," Bernadine answered. "One thing is very certain.
Before they are completed we may be fighting in the air." Peter smiled, and, side by side with Bernadine, strolled across to Heseltine-Wrigge, who was buttoning up a pocket-book with trembling fingers. "Personally," Peter said, "I believe that the days of wars are over." "That may or may not be," Bernadine answered. "One thing is very certain.
There was nothing in Peter's expression to denote that he had already achieved the first object of his visit! "I shall not detain you," he said. "Your name has been mentioned to me, Mr. Heseltine-Wrigge, as a financier likely to have a large sum of money at his disposal. I have a scheme which needs money. Providing the security is unexceptionable, are you in a position to do a deal?"
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