that his lordship had by that time severed all links with the 'blackshirts',

having witnessed the true, ugly nature of that organization ..

 

"Oh, Stevens," he had said to me. "I've been meaning to say to you. About that

business last year. About the Jewish maids. You recall the matter?"

 

"Indeed, sir."

 

"I suppose there's no way of tracing them now, is there? It was wrong what

happened and one would like to recompense them somehow."