“I came to a conclusion,” Crane went on conversationally. “I want a great deal more of you and I intend to have it. I suggest we get away from this hole and start afresh. As it happens I own a hunting box in Northamptonshire—no live-in staff, simple, isolated. A few days a very long way from here, you show me what those hands can do, and I’ll show you how we do things in Shanghai.” Stephen swallowed. “How is that?” “Slowly,” Crane said.
