["HE BEGAN TO DRAG HIMSELF ALONG"]
["ARTHUR FLUNG HIM BACK ACROSS THE TABLE"]
["QUEEN CHRISTINA HELD OUT HER HAND"]
["AH!" HE SAID, "SO I HAVE LAID HANDS ON YOU AT LAST"]
["LITTLE BY LITTLE ARTHUR'S ADVANCE ACCELERATED"]
["A TALL MAN WITH A HARSH, ASCETIC FACE ENTERED"]
["THE TWO WEAPONS FLASHED AT THE SAME MOMENT"]
WITH THE BRITISH LEGION
CHAPTER I
ENLISTED