Frank knew that Selwyn ought to have been present when he interviewed the alert, ambitious, bright-eyed Bernov, and he felt a pang of shame when Selwyn put only one more question: ‘Would you say that this young man has been touched to any extent by the teachings of Tolstoy?’ He had to say that he didn’t know, but thought it unlikely. ‘But you wouldn’t call him a quarrelsome fellow?’ ‘He didn’t quarrel with me when I saw him.’
