my dear, replied her husband, just at present Mr Karswell is a very angry man. All i know about him is that he's rich, lives at Lufford Abbey in Warwickshire, and considers himself to be an alchemist. And i don't want to meet him for the next week or two. Now, shall we go? 'What have you been doing to make him angry? asked the Secretary's wife.'The usual thing, my dear. He sent us a paper which he wanted to read at our next meeting. We showed it to Edward Dunning-almost the only man in English who knows about these things-and he said it was no good,so we refused it. Now Karswell wants to see me about it and to find out whose opinion we asked for. Well, you've seen my reply to that. Of course, you mustn't say anything about it to anyone.'