Tiddy Doll, who had been making signs for some minutes, gave up in despair.
“Now you’ve said it,” he burst out, adding a stream of bad language from which an expert could have deduced his entire history, civil and military. “Now you’ve opened your mouth so wide you’ve swallowed yourself. Now you’ve given everything away.”
Geoffrey ignored him. The story was taking shape. Elginbrodde, whom he was now nearer liking than at any time in his life, certainly appeared to be out of it, poor chap, but in that case Duds’ impersonation of him became even more inexplicable. He tackled Roly again.
“Major Elginbrodde went to the house on the coast, I suppose?”
“Of course ’e did. The Gaffer ’ad to ’ave the Major with ’im to get about so silent. It was the Major’s house.”
“Do you mean his home?”
“Wh
