The things we do!

And you know what that'll mean.
"Of course you must go," said the Lensmand when I spoke to him about it.
"And just come back here to me with your machine. You must look after your
interests, of course; it may be a question of something considerable."
The following day's post brought a piece of news that changed the
situation in a moment; there was a letter from Captain Falkenberg himself
in the paper, saying it was due to a misunderstanding that the new timber
saw had been stated as being of his invention. The apparatus had been
designed by a man who had worked on his estate some time back. As to its
value, he would not express any opinion.--Captain Falkenberg.
The Lensmand and I looked at each other.
"Well, what do you say now?" he asked.
"That the Captain, at any rate, is innocent."
"Ho! D'you know what I think?"
Pause. The Lensmand playing Lensmand from top to toe, unravelling schemes
and plots.
"He is not innocent," said he.
"Really?"
"Ah, I've seen that sort of thing before.


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