It might also mean a great deal to us." "I'll mention it," the Duke promised, "but I am afraid my womenfolk are scarcely up to this sort of thing.

The best plan would be to tackle him ourselves down at Devenham." "I thought of that," the Prime Minister assented.

"That is why I am coming down myself and bringing Bransome.

If he will have nothing to say to us within a week or so of his departure, we shall know what to think.
Remember my words, Devenham,--when our chronicler dips his pen into the ink and writes of our government, our foreign policy, at least, will be judged by our position in the far East.

Exactly what that will be depends upon Prince Maiyo.