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Mr。Fentolinsatforamomentinhischairwithimmovableface。
Thenhepointedtothedoor，whichGeraldhadleftopenbehindhim。
“Closethatdoor，Gerald。“
Theboyobeyed。Mr。Fentolinwaiteduntilhehadturnedaroundagain。
“Comeandstandoverherebythesideofthetable，“hedirected。
Geraldcamewithouthesitation。Hestoodbeforehisunclewithfoldedarms。Therewassomethingelsebesidessullennessinhisfacethismorning，somethingwhichMr。Fentolinwasquicktorecognise。
“Idonotquiteunderstandthenatureofyourquestion，Gerald，“
Mr。Fentolinbegan。“Itisunlikeyou。Youdonotseemyourself。
Isthereanythinginparticularthematter？“
“Onlythis，“Geraldansweredfirmly。“Idon’tunderstandwhythisnavalfellowshouldcomehereandaskyoutocloseupyourwirelessbecausesecretshavebeenleakingout，andafewmomentsafterwardsyoushouldbepickingupamessageandtelephoningtoLondoninformationwhichwassurelymeanttobeprivate。That’sall。
I’vecometoaskyouaboutit。“
“Youheardthemessage，then？“
“Idid。“
“Youlistened-atthekeyhole？“
“Ilistenedoutside，“Geraldassenteddoggedly。“IamgladI
listened。Doyoumindansweringmyquestion？
“DoImind！“Mr。Fentolinrepeatedsoftly。“Really，Gerald，yourpoliteness，yourconsideration，yourgoodmanners，astoundme。I
ampositivelydeprivedofthepowerofspeech。“
“I’llwaitheretillitcomestoyouagain，then，“theboydeclaredbluntly。“I’vewaitedonyouhandandfoot，donedirtyworkforyou，putupwithyourill-humoursandyourtyranny，andnevergrumbled。Butthereisalimit！You’vemadeapoorsortofcreatureofme，buteventhewormturns，youknow。Whenitcomestogivingawaysecretsaboutthemovementsofournavyatatimewhenwearealmostatwar，Istrike。“
“Melodramatic，almostdramatic，but，alas！soinaccurate，“Mr。
Fentolinsighed。“Isthisafitoftheheroics，boy，orwhathascomeoveryou？Haveyoubyanychance-forgotten？“
Mr。Fentolin’svoiceseemedsuddenlytohavegrowninvolume。Hiseyesdilated，hehimselfseemedtohavegrowninsize。Geraldsteppedalittleback。Hewastrembling，buthisexpressionhadnotchanged。
“No，Ihaven’tforgotten。There’sagreatdebtwearedoingourbesttopay，butthere’ssuchathingasaskingtopmuch，there’ssuchathingasdrawingthecordstosnappingpoint。I’mspeakingforEstherandmotheraswellasmyself。Wehavebeenyourslaves；
inawayIsupposewearewillingtogoonbeingyourslaves。It’stheburdenthatFatehasplacedaround
