6/13 What do you think your friend Hebblethwaite would say to that ?" "I am perfectly convinced," Norgate replied, "that Hebblethwaite would work for peace at any price. The members of our present Government are pacifists, every one of them, with the possible exception of the Secretary of the Admiralty." "Ah!" Mr.Selingman murmured. "Mr.Spencer Wyatt! He is the gentleman who clamours so hard and fights so well for his navy estimates. Last time, though, not all his eloquence could prevail. They were cut down almost a half, eh ?" "I believe that was so," Norgate admitted. |