The general said:
"That's pretty well botched, isn't it?"
Tietjens said without moving a muscle:
"Why, no, sir. Sylvia is to have Groby and you would naturally make it your headquarters. . . . You've still got your hunters there. . . ."
The general said:
"Sylvia is really to have Groby. . . . Good God!"
Tietjens said:
"So it was no great conjuring trick, sir, to see that you might not mind. . . ."
The general said:
"Upon my soul, I'd as soon give up my chance of heaven . . . no, not heaven, but India, as give up Groby."