The effect of all he saw was tranquilizing; and the house as a whole, inhabited, as it was, by two charming, cultured women, struck him as a delightful place of rest.

He wondered with longing whether he would have an opportunity for coming back to it.
Then his host looked up.
"Have you any strong objections to recasting this report ?" he asked.
"Don't mistake me.

I'm not asking you to color things in any way; I want simple facts.

After what you have told me, I can't consider the prospects of our working the concessions very favorable." Singleton was surprised; Lansing's attitude was puzzling, considering that he had suggested the flotation of the projected company.
"Do you want the drawbacks insisted on ?" he asked.
Herbert smiled.
"I don't want them mitigated; state them clearly.

Include what you told me about the trouble with the natives, and the poisoned arrows." Then a light broke in upon Singleton.