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‘Nighty night!’ I called over my shoulder ‘Thank you all sooo …ue!’ Mr Ambrose hissed

I shook my head

‘No, I don’t think so It’s too wet, I don’t want to getdown the street Our progress was rather slow, though For so, and the two Mr A how they both esturing at the swaying houses on either side of us, ‘that’s why I want to conquer the world If I could tell the world what to do, I’ around like this’

‘Assuredly, Mr Linton Co about equality of the sexes I could fix that once I’d conquer the world, and kick all the chauvinists out of governirls and clean public latrines’

‘Very sound policy, Mr Linton Now if you could walk a little faster…’

I was touched I never would have thought a Mr Aree with me I just wish I knehich of the two it was Maybe at least one of them would help ether - although he would act in a solely advisory capacity, of course The power had to stay oree with ainst him I could feel him stiffen beside ular as clockwork, became uneven ‘Ibastard in the world, but soet this crazy idea and I start thinking you could actually be quite nice You know, if you wanted to’

‘I… aain, and I put hter around him ‘Yes,’ I murmured ‘Quite nice You feel nice, too’

Mr A world must have started to put hiotten drunk, too? For a moment, it had almost sounded as if he had stuttered

‘Feel nice, look nice… you’d think you’d have orously, glad at the chance to explain to hious dickhead he was ‘I mean this whole business with Miss Hamilton, for example I mean, how could you be so stupid? If you really had to pick somebody, why so?’

The fingers which held my shoulders twitched

‘Do feel free to air your views on my bad taste in feine it or did his voice sound slightly strange ‘Don’t mince your words on lad to put his fears to rest ‘I wasn’t going to I ent? No, no You had to shoith the first pretty face you could get hold of That’s shallow of you Made ry, Mr Linton? Why?’

Stored away soht have had an answer to that But I thought it was ti the to conquer the world,’ I concluded ‘To prevent such horrible things fro lady? That is why you intend to conquer the world?’

‘Yes! And to end the oppression of womanhood, of course, and the sad lack of solid chocolate and beer in the pig ears of an average English girl These are all grave injustices which it is hts!’

‘No doubt Now, if you could just take a few more steps… There’s the coach, over there’ And indeed, he was steering uely coach-like form ‘Soon, we’ll be with Karim, and you can tell him all about how you want to conquer the world’

‘Do you think he would help?’

‘I’m certain he would’