CHAPTER XX 

Julian and Furley left the place together. They looked for the Bishop but found that he had slipped away. 

"To Downing Street, I believe," Furley remarked. "He has some vague idea of suggesting a compromise." 

"Compromise!" Julian repeated a little drearily. "How can there be any such thing! There might be delay. I think we ought to have given Stenson a week--time to communicate with America and send a mission to France." 

"We are like all theorists," Furley declared moodily, stopping to relight his pipe. "We create and destroy on palter with amazing facility. When it comes to practice, we are funks." 

"Are you funking this?" Julian asked bluntly. 

"How can any one help it? Theoretically we are right--I am sure of it. If we leave it to the politicians, this war will go dragging on for God knows how long. It's the people who are paying. It's the people who ought to make the peace. The only thing that bothers me is whether we are doing it the right way. Is Freistner honest? Could he be self-deceived? Is there any chance that he could be playing into the hands of the Pan-Germans?" 

"Fenn is the man who has had most to do with him," Julian remarked. "I wouldn't trust Fenn a yard, but I believe in Freistner." 

"So do I," Furley assented, "but is Fenn's report of his promises and the strength of his followers entirely honest?" 

"That's the part of the whole thing I don't like," Julian acknowledged. "Fenn's practically the corner stone of this affair. It was he who met Freistner in Amsterdam and started these negotiations, and I'm damned if I like Fenn, or trust him. Did you see the way he looked at Stenson out of the corners of his eyes, like a little ferret? Stenson was at his best, too. I never admired the man more." 
Was Fenn trusted?
How did he look at Stenson?
Was Stenson admired?
By whom?
Was Julian alone?
Who was he with?
Who were they looking for?
Did they find him?
Where did they think he could be?
Were either of them smokers?
Who?
What was it that he smoked?
Who did they think Stenson should have communicated with?
To do what?
Was there a war going on?
Who was at war?
Who else did they question the honesty of?
Who had the most to do with him?
Where did Fenn meet Freistner?
What did they think the Bishop wanted to do?
no
"Fenn is the man who has had most to do with him," Julian remarked. "I wouldn't trust Fenn a yard,
out of the corners of his eyes,
Did you see the way he looked at Stenson out of the corners of his eyes,
yes
Stenson was at his best, too. I never admired the man more."
Julan
"That's the part of the whole thing I don't like," Julian acknowledged. "Fenn's practically the corner stone of this affair. It was he who met Freistner in Amsterdam and started these negotiations, and I'm damned if I like Fenn, or trust him. Did you see the way he looked at Stenson out of the corners of his eyes, like a little ferret? Stenson was at his best, too. I never admired the man more."
no
Julian and Furley left the place together. 
Furley
Julian and Furley left the place together.
the Bishop
hey looked for the Bishop 
no
They looked for the Bishop but found that he had slipped away. 
To Downing Street,
To Downing Street, I believe," Furley remarked. "He has some vague idea of suggesting a compromise.
yes
We are like all theorists," Furley declared moodily, stopping to relight his pipe. "
Furley
Furley declared moodily, stopping to relight his pipe. 
a pipe.
 Furley declared moodily, stopping to relight his pipe. 
America
 think we ought to have given Stenson a week--time to communicate with America and send a mission to France." 
unknown
unknown
yes
, this war will go dragging on for God knows how long
Britain and the Pan-Germans
s there any chance that he could be playing into the hands of the Pan-Germans?" 
FFresistner
 Freistner honest? Could he be self-deceived? Is there any chance that he could be playing into the hands of the Pan-Germans?" 
Fenn
Fenn is the man who has had most to do with him,
Amsterdam
 It was he who met Freistner in Amsterdam 
agree a  compromise."
"He has some vague idea of suggesting a compromise." 