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In the yard of the County Hotel in Wiltsbury two chauffeurs were busy with cars. George Green finished his work on the interior of the big Daimler, wiped his hands on a bit of oily rag and stood upright with a sigh of satisfaction. He was a cheerful young fellow and was smiling now because he was pleased with himself for locating the trouble and dealing with it. He strolled along to where his fellow chauffeur was completing the toilet of a Minerva. + 

The latter looked up. + 

тАЬHullo, GeorgeтБатАФyou through? Your boss is a Yank, isnтАЩt he? WhatтАЩs he like?тАЭ + 

тАЬHeтАЩs all right. Fussy, though. WonтАЩt go more than forty.тАЭ + 

тАЬWell, thank your stars you donтАЩt drive for a woman,тАЭ said the other. His name was Evans. тАЬAlways changing their minds. And no idea of the proper times for meals. Picnic lunches as often as notтБатАФand you know what that means, a hard-boiled egg and a leaf of lettuce.тАЭ + 

Green sat down on an adjacent barrel. + 

тАЬWhy donтАЩt you chuck it?тАЭ + 

тАЬNot so easy to get another job, these days,тАЭ said Evans. + 

тАЬNo, thatтАЩs true,тАЭ said Green. He looked thoughtful. + 

тАЬAnd IтАЩve got a missus and two kids,тАЭ went on the other. тАЬWhatтАЩs the rot that was talked about a country fit for heroes? No, if youтАЩve got a jobтБатАФany kind of a jobтБатАФitтАЩs better to freeze on to it in 1920.тАЭ + 

He was silent for a minute, and then went on. + 

тАЬFunny businessтБатАФthe war. I was hit twiceтБатАФshrapnel. Makes you go a bit queer afterwards. My missus says I frighten herтБатАФgo quite batty sometimes. Wake up in the middle of the night hollering and not knowing where I am.тАЭ + 

тАЬI know,тАЭ said Green. тАЬIтАЩm the same. When my guvnor picked me upтБатАФin Holland that wasтБатАФI couldnтАЩt remember a thing about myself except my name.тАЭ + 

тАЬWhen was that? After the war?тАЭ + 

тАЬSix months after the armistice. I was working in a garage there. Some chaps who were drunk ran me down one night in a lorry. Fairly scared тАЩem sober. They picked me up and took me along with them. IтАЩd got a whacking great bash on the head. They looked after me and got me a job. Good chaps they were. IтАЩd been working there two years when Mr.┬аBleibner came along. He hired a car from our place once or twice and I drove him. He talked to me a good bit and finally he offered to take me on as chauffeur.тАЭ + 

тАЬMean to say you never thought of getting back home before that?тАЭ + 

тАЬNoтБатАФI didnтАЩt want to somehow. IтАЩd no folks there as far as I could remember and IтАЩve an idea IтАЩd had a bit of trouble there of some kind.тАЭ + 

тАЬI shouldnтАЩt associate trouble with you, mate,тАЭ said Evans with a laugh. + 

George Green laughed too. He was indeed a most cheerful-looking young man, tall and dark with broad shoulders and an ever ready smile. + 

тАЬNothing much ever worries me,тАЭ he boasted. тАЬI was born the happy-go-lucky kind, I guess.тАЭ + 

He moved away, smiling happily. A few minutes later he was reporting to his employer that the Daimler was ready for the road. + 

Mr.┬аBleibner was a tall thin dyspeptic-looking American with pure speech. + 

тАЬVery good. Now, Green, I am going to Lord DatchetтАЩs for luncheon. Abingworth Friars. ItтАЩs about six miles from here.тАЭ + 

тАЬYes, sir.тАЭ + 

тАЬAfter luncheon I am going to a place called Abbots Puissants. Abbotsford is the village. Do you know it?тАЭ + 

тАЬIтАЩve heard of it, I think, sir. But I donтАЩt know exactly where it is. IтАЩll look it up on the map.тАЭ + 

тАЬYes, please do so. It cannot, I think, be more than twenty milesтБатАФin the direction of Ringwood, I fancy.тАЭ + 

тАЬVery good, sir.тАЭ + 

Green touched his cap and withdrew. + 