4/14 There is rather too much of the fighting machine in evidence here. One doesn't want a perpetual reminder of what has happened staring one in the face." "We tried at first to keep the alien element out," said Herlton apologetically, "but we couldn't have carried on the club if we'd stuck to that line. You see we'd lost more than two-thirds of our old members so we couldn't afford to be exclusive. As a matter of fact the whole thing was decided over our heads; a new syndicate took over the concern, and a new committee was installed, with a good many foreigners on it. I know it's horrid having these uniforms flaunting all over the place, but what is one to do ?" Yeovil said nothing, with the air of a man who could have said a great deal. |