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"Merrily?"

"Wait for the nine o'clock news. You'll hear something then. Uncle Joe's fairly got them on the run. I shouldn't much care to be one of his prisoners."

By a natural connexion of thought Guy asked: "Have you heard from Tony?"

Gloom descended on Box-Bender. "Yes, as a matter of fact, last week. He's still got that tomfool idea in his head about being a monk. He'll snap out of it, I'm sure, as soon as he gets back to normal life, but it's worrying. Angela doesn't seem to mind awfully. She's worried about your father."

"So am I."

"She's at Matchet now. As you know, he's stopped working at that school, which is something gained. He never ought to have taken it on at his age. He's got this clot you know. It might become serious any moment."

"I know. I saw him last month. He seemed all right then but he wrote to me afterwards."

"There's nothing one can do about it," said Box-Bender. "Angela thought she should be handy in case anything happened."

Guy went on to the bar where he found Ian Kilbannock talking to an elderly Grenadier.