“I’m that all right,” I said. “There’s been nothing like it since Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
“Good. That’s the great thing, for it gives us a post in the enemy’s citadel. But we’re only at the beginning of a tremendous fight and there’s no saying how it will go. Have you sized up Medina?”
“Only a little bit. Have you?”
“I’m on the road. He’s the most complex thing I’ve ever struck. But now we’ve got to pool our knowledge. Shall I start?”
“Yes. Begin at the Thursday dinner. What started you off then? I could see that something he said intrigued you.”
“I must begin before that. You see, I’d heard a good deal about Medina up and down the world and couldn’t for the life of me place him. Everybody swore by him, but I had always a queer feeling about the man. I told you about Lavater. Well, I had
