Chapter 66 No.66

One noonday in the November of 1918 a taxi-cab drew up at the

Washington Inn, a hostelry erected in St. James's Square for American

officers. An officer emerged, and walking with the aid of a stout

Malacca cane, followed his kit into the place.

It was Austin Selwyn, who a few days before had come from France, where he had hovered for a