"Coming to make inquiry?" asked Sherwood. "I've just been doing the
same thing."
"Well?"
"No better, no worse. But that means, of course, nearer the end."
"Queer we should meet," said Warburton. "This is the first time I've
been here."
"I can quite understand your impatience. It seems an extraordinary
case; the poor old man, by every rule, ought to have died weeks ago.
Which way are you walking?"
Will answered that he did not care, that he would accompany
Sherwood.
"Let us walk as far as Hyde Park Corner, then," said Godfrey.
"Delighted to have a talk with you." He slipped a friendly hand
under his companion's arm. "Why don't you come, Will, and make
friends with Milligan? He's a splendid fellow; you couldn't help
taking to him. We are getting on gloriously with our work. For the
first time in my life I feel as if I had something to do that's
really worth doing. I tell you this scheme of ours has inconceivable
importance; it may have results such as one dare not talk about."
"But how long will it be before you really make a start?" asked
Warburton, with more interest than he had yet shown in this matter.
"I can't quite say--can't quite say. The details are of course
full of difficulty--the thing wouldn't be worth much if they were
not. One of Milligan's best points is, that he's a thoroughly
practical man--thoroughly practical man. It's no commercial
enterprise we're about, but, if it's to succeed, it must be started
on sound principles.
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