CHAPTER XIII

THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON The President and his son were walking together in the Residence grounds. Alaric had come to report his actions of the day before, and to beg that Eleuthera be no longer under the observation of the Secret Police. He had found the President playing tennis, and now, not a whit fatigued by his game, striding along the garden walks with keen vigour and enjoyment. Alaric could hardly believe that this was the sick man who had babbled to him distractedly of the fear of death. He wanted to know …