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Rh fashioned, and were put in before the days turbines were thought of. It will take you very nearly a week to make the voyage from Southampton to Cadiz."

"Oh, I'm going there on the yacht, am I?" "Just as you choose, of course. You may tell your friends that you've had a bit of luck on the Stock Exchange—which will be true enough, by the way. You will say that a friend has been so kind as to lend you his yacht—which is also correct. We're having no lies in this business at all, nothing to injure the sensitive conscience of a member of the aristocracy"

"Oh, dn it all, shut up! Go on."

Isador indulged in a sneering laugh.

"You will say you have been invited to the Review by the Spanish Government, and that also will be a fact. Any objection to making the excursion, Mr. Hazel?"

"Go on, if you please."

"That's all. The yacht will be well found; the captain is a careful man who will not exceed the speed limit, even if the boat were capable of doing so. There are no police traps between here and Cadiz, so you needn't fear the prison you spoke of. You will find plenty of champagne in the lockers, and the best of cigars in the cupboard of the sideboard; cigarettes galore, ample provisions"—here Isador leaned across the table, glaring at his uneasy guest—"and I shall put aboard a