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Ford strode along with the air of one who has a task to accomplish and will not be happy till he achieves it. It was a job after his own heart. Sefton, on the other hand, was wishing it well over. When he came to think it out, the errand required more diplomacy than he had expected. They were engaged on a filibustering expedition into the City of London, and very much depended on the way in which Weiss' manager received them. If he chose to show fight they were not likely to gain much, but on this point Ford seemed to have no misgivings. He smiled at Sefton's arguments.
"I should go straight to the point, if I were you, sir," he said. "I don't think you want to waste any time in preliminaries. The man is a coward, though he doesn't look it. Most bullies are."