en he was
found, must be a brilliant person, but I don't think that even Julian
himself had any suspicion of his oratorical powers."

"I don't think he had," she agreed. "In his first letter he told me that
it was just like sitting down at his desk to write, except that all the
dull material impedimenta of paper and ink and walls seemed rolled away,
and the men to whom he wished his words to travel were there waiting. Of
course, he is wonderful, but Phineas Cross, David Sands and some of the
others have shown a positive genius for organisation. That Council of
Socialism, Trades Unionism, and Labour generally, which was formed to
bring us premature peace, seems for the first time to have brought all
Labour into one party, Labour in its very broadest sense, I mean."

"The truth of the matter is," the Bishop pronounced, "that the people
have accepted the dictum that whatever form of republicanism is aimed
at, there must be government. A body of men who realise that,
however advanced their ideas, can do but little harm. I am perfectly
certain--Stenson admits it himself--that before very long we shall have
a Labour Ministry. Who cares? It will probably be a good ministry--good
for the country and good for the world. There has been too much juggling
in international politics. This war is going to end that, once and
for ever. By the bye," he went on, in an altered tone, "there is one
question which I have always had in my mind to ask you. If I do so now,
will you please understand that if you think it best you need not answer
me?"

"Certainly," Catherine replied.

"From what source did you get your information which saved us all?"

"It came to me from a man who is dead," was the quiet answer.

The Bishop looked steadily ahead at the row of signal lights.

"There was a young foreigner, some weeks ago," he said "a Baron
Hellman--quite a distinguished person, I believe--who was discovered
shot in his rooms."

She acquiesced silently.

"If you were to go to the Home Office and were able to persuade them
to treat you candidly, I think that you could discover some wonderful
things," she confided. "I wish I could believe that the Baron was the
only one who has been living in this country, unsuspected, and occupying
a prominent position, who was really in the pay of Germany."

"It was a very subtle conspiracy," the Bishop remarked thoughtfully,
"subtle because, in a sense, it appeared so genuine. It appealed to the
very be