Powerhouse

We were at Glenaicill -- six of us -- for the duck-shooting, when Leithen told us this story. You know how one tale begets another, and soon the whole place hummed with odd recollections, for five of us had been a good deal about the world. All except Leithen, the man who was afterwards Solicitor-General. "Lucky devils," he said. "You've had all the fun out of life. I've had my nose to the grindstone ever since I left school. All the same," he went on, "I once played the chief part in a rather exciting business without ever once budging from London. And the joke of it was that the man who went out to look for adventure only saw a bit of the game, and I who sat in my chambers saw it all and pulled the strings. 'They also serve who only stand and wait, ' you know." Then he told us this story. . . . it was the tale of the maniac who dreamed of the "Powerhouse." There were dark scenes in the drama before it was played out.Buchan, John is the author of 'Powerhouse ', published 2003 under ISBN 9781592245208 and ISBN 159224520X.