VI—Drawing in the NetThe three men appeared most friendly when, as arranged, Larose met them at the garage at Aldgate at half-past three that afternoon. He was given a seat with Royne at the back of the car, and the latter chatted animatedly as they were driven along. Royne had nice manners, and made an interesting companion.
Passing a number of dark-skinned men upon the pavement in the Mile End road, Larose remarked casually what a lot of foreigners there seemed to be about, and Royne told him the particular ones he had been looking at were Lascars.
"They come from East India," he explained, "and our climate soon knocks the poor devils up. They always look unhealthy and never live to grow old. But still, in their own country they don't live to any age, either. They mature too quickly an
