Yet there I must confess that you puzzle me.

What I cannot see is, to put it bluntly, where you come in.

Any one of the countries represented at this little conference would only be the gainers by the miscarriage of my message, which is, without doubt, so far as they are concerned, of a distasteful nature.
Your own country alone could be the sufferer.

Now what interest in the world, then, is there left--what interest in the world can you possibly represent--which can be the gainer by your present action ?" Mr.Fentolin's eyes grew suddenly a little brighter.

There was a light upon his face strange to witness.
"The power which is to be the gainer," he said quietly, "is the power encompassed by these walls." He touched his chest; his long, slim fingers were folded upon it.
"When I meet a man whom I like," he continued softly, "I take him into my confidence.