You would not have supposed, from the way in which Mr. Tudor Williams, M.P., asked the question that he merely sought to know how much _they_ knew. And it had not occurred to Llanyglo that these transfers of land might be, not an end, but only a beginning. Yet Mr. Tudor Williams had good, if private reasons, for knowing that this very land might soon be more than merely worth acquiring.... He was not deceiving them. It pleased them to think that their Member was the repository of weighty secrets, and he was merely indulging this simple and legitimate liking. But already he intended to go to Liverpool in order to find out what this Syndicate's plans really were. He wanted to know whether the Syndicate, in its turn, was aware of something else, something still very secret indeed, so secret that five minutes at certain keyholes might have been worth many thousands of pounds.... "And this Hafod Unos--on whose land is it erected?" he next asked. He made a little grimace when they told him, on Squire Wynne's. "Then perhaps he will let it stand; he is cracked in his head about old customs, and antiquities, and suchlike foolishness, when there is great work wait-ing to be done. It is not our business if he likes to let these people squat upon his land." But here John Pritchard interposed heavily. "But it is our business if they sing '_Thomas, make Room for your Uncle_' in the middle of prayers," he said. "No-o-o!" exclaimed Mr. Tudor Williams, shocked. Perhaps also he wished to gain a little time; he had no wish to call upon Squire Wynne, either about this or anything else. "Don't tell me they did that!" he added. "Indeed, they did," said John quickly. "Aw-w-w!--But it is a Liberal maxim, John, and Radical, too, that force is no remedy. In my opinion our friend Dafydd here----" he put his arm affectionately about Dafydd Dafis's waist, "--was a lit-tle headstrong about burning the fences." "I will not burn their house," said Dafydd sullenly. (By the way, had the case been altered, it is doubtful whether the Kerrs would have done as much for him.) "Well--we can always take what the doc-tor told the man who wanted information for noth-thing to take--advice," said Mr. Tudor Williams. "It would be better to see Mr. Wynne first," said John Pritchard. "If one comes others may come, and indeed I never saw such behaviour, no, not in a den of li-ons!" They continued to discuss the matter, while, before their eyes, the Kerrs fitted their window-sash.