On December 2nd I was to dine with Tanners' Company and reply to the toast of "The House of Commons." On the 4th my constituency claimed me for the opening of a bazaar at Wymington.
A little later I was to speak somewhere in the North of England at a by-election in support of the party candidate.
"It will be fought on Tariff Reform, about which I know nothing," I objected.
"I know everything," he declared.

"I'll see you through.

You must buck up a bit, Simon, and get your name better known about the country.

And this brings me to my news.

I was talking to Raggles the other day--he dropped a hint, and Raggles's hints are jolly well worth while picking up.