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." 
what did Furley declare?
Did he do that in a cheerful way?
where had the Bishop gone?
what was he going to suggest?
does Furley smoke?
cigars?
in the story does he smoke cigarettes>
what was it?
what did Julian ask?
what happens if the politicos are in charge?
till when?
who suffer?
and make the peace?
how many questions did he ask next?
name one
another?
do they all trust Fenn?
who said they don't?
who does he trust?
who does Furley feel?
That they are like all theorists.
We are like all theorists," Furley declared
no
Furley declared moodily,
To Downing Street.
To Downing Street, I believe
A compromise.
He has some vague idea of suggesting a compromise.
yes
Furley declared moodily, stopping to relight his pipe
unknown
unknown
No.
stopping to relight his pipe.
A pipe.
stopping to relight his pipe.
If Furley was funking it.
Are you funking this?" Julian asked
The war will go dragging on.
If we leave it to the politicians, this war will go dragging on
God knows how long
dragging on for God knows how long
the people
It's the people who are paying
the people ought to
It's the people who ought to make the peace
Three
Is Freistner honest? Could he be self-deceived? Is there any chance that he could be playing into the hands of the Pan-Germans?
Is Freistner honest?
Is Freistner honest?
Could he be self-deceived?
Could he be self-deceived?
no
"I wouldn't trust Fenn a yard
Julian
Julian remarked. "I wouldn't trust Fenn
Freistner
but I believe in Freistner
He trusts Freistner, too.
So do I," Furley assente