“The less said about that the _better_, M’C—I beg your pardon—Mr. Oliphant. The man was a _villain_. I _said_ so, Tom. Timothy will have a _scar_ for the rest of his days. And but for the Jew we shouldn’t have lost our airship. Not that that matters. We’ve _proved_ it, you know; we’ll build a larger one now.” “And Schlagintwerts shall buy it cost price!” “No, sir, Schlagintwerts shall _not_ buy it,” said Mr. Greatorex, frowning severely on the German. “We will offer it to the Government. I shall invite Colonel Capper to examine it, and Lord Langside, I trust, will show himself sufficiently sensible of his obligation to us to make no difficulties about the _price_.” “Vell, Schlagintwert shall have colossal order for Photographic Sensitizer Preparation Number Six—at least until ze var come.” “_What_ war?” “Vy, ze var ven ze Kaiser shall zink it is time to teach ze vorld zat——” “Stay, Mr. Schwab,” interrupted Sir Mark, “we must not be indiscreet. As a diplomatist it is my duty to avert war; as a business man you, I am sure, would deplore it.” “So. Zat is shust vat I alvays say: zat is vat I go to say ven you interrup me; ven ze Kaiser shall zink it is time to teach ze vorld zat Business are Business!” End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of King of the Air, by Herbert Strang