Q. There was a question of emergency, perhaps, in this case?
A. I am bound to say there often is with Mr. Kennett.
Q. Will you explain what you mean by that?
A. I mean—I hope he will forgive my saying it—that his imagination is a little wont to create emergencies which nothing but his friends’ immediate advice and assistance can overcome. He is apt to be in the depths one moment and on the heights the next. He is built that way, that’s all.
Q. Was this a case of an emergency due to his imagination?
A. I won’t go quite so far as to say that.
Q. Then there was really a reason this time for his having you down at short notice?
A. I may have thought so.
Q. We will come to that. Had he mentioned the reason in his letter to you?
A. No. The letter only said that he badly wanted “bucking,” and asked me to come down at once.