“Are you going to put all this in your book?” Solita had asked.
“And a great deal more,” he said, “but I found out something when I was in India, which has never been written about!”
“What is that?” she enquired.
“It is an espionage the English have invented,” he replied.
He lowered his voice as he went on,
“I found out about it quite by accident and was told never to mention it to a living soul!”
“But please tell me!” Solita begged, “I swear I will not tell anybody.”
Because he was a talker, the young man told her of what he had learnt about The Great Game.
“Think of it,” he said excitedly, “there are men all over India, some English, but most of them Indian, fighting secretly against the Russians!”
“It sounds thrilling!” Solita cried.
“It is to those who take part in it,” was t
