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America would be ruined for a hundred years, there would be deaths by the million. It means the very end of civilization!" Beale glanced from one to the other of the little group. Sevington, with his hard old face set in harsh lines, a stony sphinx of a man showing no other sign of his emotions than a mop of ruffled hair.
What do you mean?" "It may mean a cornless world for a generation," said Beale. "I have consulted the best authorities, and they agree that the soil will be infected for ten years." The four men looked at one another helplessly. "Why," said Sevington, in awe, "the whole social and industrial fabric of the world would crumble into dust.
The door was opened unceremoniously and a man strode in. McNorton was the first to recognize the intruder and rose to his feet. "I'm sorry to interrupt you," said Lord Sevington it was the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain himself. "Well, Beale, the fantastic story you told me seems in a fair way to being realized." "This is Mr. Kitson," introduced Stanford, and the grey-haired statesman bowed.
"A pretty good reason, too," said Beale, "storage is everything in a crisis like this. What is the second announcement, sir?" "They prohibit the export of grain," said Lord Sevington, "the whole of Germany is to be rationed for a year, bread is to be supplied by the Government free of all cost to the people; in this way Germany handles the surpluses for us to buy." "What will she charge?"
The only thing to do is to catch van Heerden and stifle the scheme at its fountain-head." The Chief of the Foreign Ministry strode up and down the room, his hands thrust into his pockets, his head upon his breast. "It means our holding out for twelve months," he said. "Can we do it?" "It means more than that, sir," said Beale quietly. Lord Sevington stopped and faced him. "More than that?
Among other things it boasts some seventeen brasses some dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries an ancient dial, on oaken shaft fast mouldering away and a picturesque wooden belfry surmounted by a vigorously modelled gilt weathercock in capital preservation. On Sevington spire, near Ashford, is a daintily designed vane, dated 1866.
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