Such minor troubles, however, were overcome in time.

A razor and a hot bath were by no means the least important items of the rejuvenating process, and when the two men entered the salon where Dom Corria was holding an impromptu reception they looked like a couple of coffee-planters from the Argentine.

Schmidt was there already.

For some reason, the new President seemed to be so fond of the _Unser Fritz's_ commander that he refused to be parted from him.

It was not until long afterward that Hozier discovered the reason of this mushroom friendship.