Chapter 14: Sir Lionel Pendragon to Colonel Patrick O'Hagan

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌⁠Knoll Park Hotel, Sidmouth, Devon, August 2nd. Evening

My Dear Pat: I am a fool. By this time you will soon be receiving my first letter, and saying to yourself, "He is on the way to being a fool." Well, I am already that fool. I didn't see where I was drifting, but I see now that it had begun then; and of course you, a spectator, won't be dense as I was at first. You will know.

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