"I’m jolly glad, old man.  ’There is a tide,’ etc.  (Shakespeare).  I always said you’d make your fortune, though I must own I never thought it would be through a mad road-sweeper.  I’m going to be demobbed after all, so I’ll take on your advertising stunt as soon as you like.  As to Noakes, I don’t care whether he’s caught or not.  He was always a glorious rag, and I rather fancy he more or less inspired some of your bright ideas."