No. VIII-- THE MATTER OF THE AMBASSADOR'S BOOTS
"I AM not sure, Mr. Wilmott, that I quite understand?"
Randolph Wilmott, United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, cleared his throat and recommenced speaking in his own deliberate manner.
“I have come to you, Mr. Blunt- By the way, it is Mr. Blunt himself to whom I am speaking, is it not?”
“Certainly," said Tommy. “I am Theodore Blunt, the head of the firm."
“I always prefer to deal with heads of departments," said Mr. Wilmott. "It is more satisfactory in every way. As I was about to say, Mr. Blunt, this business gets my goat. There's nothing in it to trouble Scotland Yard about- I'm not a penny the worse in any way, and it's probably all due to a simple mistake. But, all the same, I don't see just how that mistake arose. Th
