Lilly kept in the back of his mind the Saving which James had come to look for. He intended to do his best. After dinner the three sat cosily round the kitchen fire.
“But what do you really think will happen to the world?” Lilly asked Jim, amid much talk.
“What? There's something big coming,” said Jim.
“Where from?”
“Watch Ireland, and watch Japan—they're the two poles of the world,” said Jim.
“I thought Russia and America,” said Lilly.
“Eh? What? Russia and America! They'll depend on Ireland and Japan. I know it. I've had a vision of it. Ireland on this side and Japan on the other—they'll settle it.”
“I don't see how,” said Lilly.
“I don't see HOW—But I had a vision of it.”
“What sort of vision?”