“Well, you can speak out,” he said. “How do you come to know Straw?”
“I met him by chance and we got talking together.”
“How long have you been in London?”
“Since yesterday evening.”
“Why did you leave Winton?”
“To get work.”
“Have you brought a character with you?”
Here was a question to ask a Trender! But I answered, “No, I never thought of it,” with perfect truth.
“What can you do?”
“Anything I’m told, sir.”