“Is there a more righteous cause in the world than the cause of peace?” Fenn asked sharply.
“Not if that peace be just and reasonable,” the Bishop replied, “not if that peace can bring to an end this horrible and bloody struggle.”
“We shall see to that,” Fenn declared, with a self-satisfied air.
“You have by now, I suppose, the terms proposed by your—your kindred body in Germany?”
Nicholas Fenn stroked his moustache. There was a frown upon his forehead.
“I expect to have them at any moment,” he said, “but to tell you the truth, at the present moment they are not available.”
“But I thought—”
“Just so,” the other interrupted. “The document, however, was not where we expected to find it.”
“Surely that is a very serious complication?”
“It will mean a certain delay if we don’t succeed in getting hold of it,” Fenn admitted. “We intend to be firm about the matter, though.”