My excitement was too great to analyze what he meant by this mention of
my father....
When we reached the sidewalk my chief gave me a few parting instructions.
"I need scarcely say, Hugh," he added, "that your presence in the capital
should not be advertised as connected with this--legislation. They will
probably attribute it to us in the end, but if you're reasonably careful,
they'll never be able to prove it. And there's no use in putting our
cards on the table at the beginning."
"No indeed, sir!" I agreed.
He took my hand and pressed it.
"Good luck," he said. "I know you'll get along all right."
End of The Project Gutenberg A Far Country, by Winston Churchill, Vol. 1