Prince Shan, who is on his way from China to meet him, is the envoy of the one country outside Europe whom we might fear.

We sit still and do nothing.

We have no means of knowing what may be plotted against us here in London.

At least a polite request might be sent to Prince Shan to ask him to pay you a visit and disclose the nature of his conference with Immelan." "If he cares to come, we shall be glad to see him," Mervin Brown replied, "but I for one shall not go out of my way to talk politics." "Do you know what politics are, sir ?" Nigel asked, in a sudden fury.
The Prime Minister's eyes flashed for a moment.

He controlled himself, however, and rang the bell.
"I have an idea that I do," he answered.