But he had made one miscalculation. He had not reckoned with Clarence
Chugwater.





Part Two




Chapter 1

IN THE BOY SCOUTS' CAMP


Night!

Night in Aldwych!

In the centre of that vast tract of unreclaimed prairie known to
Londoners as the Aldwych Site there shone feebly, seeming almost to
emphasise the darkness and desolation of the scene, a single light.

It was the camp-fire of the Boy Scouts.

The night was raw and windy. A fine rain had been falling for some
hours. The date of September the First. For just a month England had
been in the grip of the invaders. The coloured section of the hostile