Jim, Carter and Mark sat in the White Harte watching the news on the big stretch.
“Just the annual bush fires, floods, drought, and famine in Africa,” said Carter.
Carter had come to say goodbye. He was being held accountable for the debts to his previous employer and was leaving for the US where he had found a job.
Roberts came on the news claiming an economic upturn and blaming the previous ‘mistakes and crimes’ on the previous government.
“You know the worst part of this?,” Jim said to Carter while Mark was at the bar buying another round of drinks. “Even if Roberts is overthrown and replaced by something else, I will always feel like I don’t belong here anymore. I can trust no one in Britain anymore.”
Roberts’ speech was part of a ceremony in which he was presenting Field Marshall
