[Radioter] He smiled. "Well, not those for prevarication, cert

Bit forward. "Let us take up my first question," he said. "Have you ever considered what you were likely to encounter if you undertook to filch the Crown?" "Filch?" I interrupted. "Steal,

then, if you

prefer. I forgot we were to use plain terms." "Very true," said I. "Proceed." "Do you think that I, who have been the Heir Presumptive since the instant of my birth,

almost, will calmly step aside and permit you to take my place?" I looked at him, indifferently, and made no answer. "Do you fancy, for an instant," he went on, "that the people of Valeria would have a fore