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At eleven he and Penfentenyou went to bed. At midnight Mr. Lingnam brought down his big-bellied despatch box with the newspaper clippings and set to federating the Empire in earnest. I remember that he had three alternative plans. As a dealer in words, I plumped for the resonant third 'Reciprocally co-ordinated Senatorial Hegemony' which he then elaborated in detail for three-quarters of an hour.
"Tomling, Sir Christopher Tomling, the South American engineer who built the " "San Juan Viaduct. I know," said Penfentenyou. "We ought to have had him with us.... Do you think a monkey would climb the tree?" The organ-grinder at the gate fenced his beast with one arm as Jimmy-talked. "Don't show off your futile accomplishments," said Lord Lundie. "Tell him it's an experiment. Interest him!"
At half-past one he urged me to have faith and to remember that nothing mattered except the Idea. Then he retired to his room, accompanied by one glass of cold water, and I went into the dawn-lit garden and prayed to any Power that might be off duty for the blood of Mr. Lingnam, Penfentenyou, and the Agent-General.
'I don't want to hear any more of your damned, detached, mugwumping excuses for the other fellow, he snapped. 'Now you're beginning to see things, said Penfentenyou. 'I hope you won't backslide when the swellings go down. I was Lord of Cities very sumptuously builded. Seven roaring Cities paid me tribute from afar.
She was an open car, capable of some eighteen miles on the flat, with tetanic gears and a perpetual palsy. 'It won't make the least difference, sighed the Agent-General. 'He'll only raise his voice. He did it all the way coming down. 'I say, said Penfentenyou suspiciously, 'what are you doing all this for? 'Love of the Empire, I answered, as Mr. Lingnam tripped up in dust-coat and binoculars.
I remembered to have read in a society paper that Lord Lundie's lesser name was "Bubbles." "What are they doing?" Penfentenyou said sharply. "Drunk?" "Just playing! Superabundant vitality of the Race, you know. We'll watch 'em," I answered. The noise ceased. "My deliver," Jimmy gasped. "The ram caught in the thicket, and I'm the only one who can talk Neapolitan! Leggo my collar!"
The silver-haired woman frowned; so did Penfentenyou, and, I think, apologised to her for my language. 'You're always so extreme, he fluted reproachfully. 'You forget that nothing matters except the Idea. Besides, they are this lady's bees. He closed the window, and introduced us through it in dumb show; but he contrived to give the impression that I was the specimen under glass.
'I don't know what you'll get, but you deserve more. Penfentenyou, dry, fed, and in command, let us in. 'You, he whispered to me, 'are to wait in the scullery. Mrs. Bellamy didn't like the way you talked about her bees. Hsh! Hsh! She's a kind-hearted lady. She's a widow, Lingnam, but she's kept his clothes, and as soon as you've paid for the damage she'll rent you a suit. I've arranged it all!
He made a gesture of despair. "It was like talking to children. They'd never heard of it." "And your Opposite Number?" Penfentenyou described him. "Hush! You mustn't talk like that!" I shuddered. "He's one of the best of good fellows. You should meet him socially." "I've done that too," he said. "Have you?" "Heaven forbid!" I cried; "but that's the proper thing to say."
"Lord Lundie's at Credence Green now he spends his holidays there. It's only forty miles off." "Shan't I disturb his Holiness?" said Penfentenyou heavily. "Perhaps 'my sort of questions," he snorted, "mayn't be discussed except at midnight." "Oh, don't be a child," I said. "What this country needs," said Penfentenyou, "is " and for ten minutes he trumpeted rebellion.
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