"You have done very well," he said. "Good boys! Good boys!"
"But that other half ..." I began.
"Your friend Ashcroft is by no means such a fool as he looks," the Chief chuckled. "He did a wise thing. He brought your two letters to me. I saw to the rest. So, when your brother's telegram arrived from Rotterdam, I got the other half of the letter out of the safe; I thought I'd be ready for you, you see!"
"But how did you know we had the remaining portion of the letter?" I asked.
The Chief chuckled again.
"My young men don't wire for cars to meet 'em at the station when they have failed," he replied. "Now, tell me all about it!"
So I told him my whole story from the beginning.
When I had finished, he said:
"You appear to have a very fine natural disposition for our game, Okewood. It seems a pity to waste it in regimental work ..."
I broke in hastily.