And this brings us to the hour when Saunders unfolded his startling solution to the problem that confronted them all.
First, he confided in Britt, soberly, sagely and in perfect good faith.
Britt was bowled over.

He stared at Saunders and gasped.

Nearly two minutes elapsed before he could find words to reply; which proves conclusively that it must have been something of a shock to him.

When at last he did express himself, however, there was nothing that could have been left unsaid--absolutely nothing.

He went so far as to call Saunders a doddering fool and a great many other things that Saunders had not in the least expected.
The Englishman was stubborn.