Well, he It Happened to Jane marry soon, she supposed, and marry well, in circles out of her ken. With the common prejudice of the English middle class, It Happened to Jane hoped that if this Miss Le Breton were his choice, she might be only French in name and not in blood. Meanwhile, Warkworth sped up to London in high spirits, enjoying the comforts of a good conscience. He drove first to his club, where a pile of letters awaited him-some letters of congratulation, others concerned with the business of his mission. Some five years before, the government of the day had sent a small expedition to this Debatable Land, which had failed disastrously, both from the diplomatic and the military points of view.