'"Swine!" says Mankeltow.
'After that I didn't hear any more "Poor chap" talk.... Me? I never worried about killing my man. I was too busy figurin' how a British jury might regard the proposition. I guess Lundie felt that way too.
'Oh, but say! We had an interestin' time at dinner. Folks was expected whose auto had hung up on the road. They hadn't wired, and Peters had laid two extra places. We noticed 'em as soon as we sat down. I'd hate to say how noticeable they were. Mankeltow with his neck bandaged (he'd caught a relaxed throat golfin') sent for Peters and told him to take those empty places away--if you please. It takes something to rattle Peters. He was rattled that time. Nobody else noticed anything. And now...'
'Where did they come down?' I asked, as he rose.
'In the Channel, I guess. There was nothing in the papers about 'em. Shall we go into the drawin'-room, and see what these boys and girls are doin?' But say, ain't life in England interestin'?"
REBIRTH
If any God should say
"I will restore