[Mr. Standfast by John Buchan]@TWC D-Link book
Mr. Standfast

CHAPTER ELEVEN
30/44

There are many faces to the man, but only one mind, and you know plenty about that mind.' 'I wonder,' said Sir Walter.

'How can you know a mind which has no characteristics except that it is wholly and supremely competent?
Mere mental powers won't give us a clue.

We want to know the character which is behind all the personalities.

Above all we want to know its foibles.
If we had only a hint of some weakness we might make a plan.' 'Well, let's set down all we know,' I cried, for the more I argued the keener I grew.

I told them in some detail the story of the night in the Coolin and what I had heard there.
'There's the two names Chelius and Bommaerts.


<<Back  Index  Next>>

D-Link book Top

TWC mobile books