And with a throat like that I should not talk so much if I were you.

Next!" The next comer was afflicted with a wound that would not heal--a common trouble in cold countries.
While attending to this sickening sore Paul continued his conversation with the last patient.
"You must tell me," he said, "when these changes are about to come.

I should like to be there to see.

It will be interesting." The man laughed mysteriously.
"So the government is to be by a Mir, is it ?" went on Paul.
"Yes; the poor man is to have a say in it." "That will be interesting.

But at the Mir every one talks at once and no one listens; is it not so ?" The man made no reply.
"Is the change coming soon ?" asked Paul coolly.
But there was no reply.