Two Bottles of Relish: The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories. Lord Dunsany

the other side of him, and I think I’ll be able to stop him, but I’ll be glad of your help, especially if he starts to shout out the name of the country that is going to be attacked. You must shout him down then, or stop him any other way. But we don’t think he’ll do that; in fact it’s a thousand to one against, because he’d give away that the enemy had been warned, and also he’d be hanged, which he has taken a good deal of trouble to avoid so far. What he is almost certain to do is to signal, and I’ll be watching for that, but I might be glad of your help.’