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The Yellow God An Idol of Africa

CHAPTER I
SAHARA LIMITED
Sir Robert Aylward, Bart., M.P., sat in his office in the City of London.
It was a very magnificent office, quite one of the finest that could be
found within half a mile of the Mansion House. Its exterior was built of
Aberdeen granite, a material calculated to impress the prospective
investor with a comfortable sense of security. Other stucco, or even
brick-built, offices might crumble and fall in an actual or a financial
sense, but this rock-like edifice of granite, surmounted by a life-sized
statue of Justice with her scales, admired from either corner by pleasing
effigies of Commerce and of Industry, would surely endure any shock.
Earthquake could scarcely shake its strong foundations; panic and
disaster would as soon affect the Bank of England. That at least was the
impression which it had been designed to convey, and not without
success.
"There is so much in externals," Mr. Champers-Haswell, Sir Robert's
partner, would say in his cheerful voice. "We are all of us influenced by
them, however unconsciously. Impress the public, my dear Aylward.
Let solemnity without suggest opulence within, and the bread, or rather
the granite, which you throw upon the waters will come back to you
after many days."
Mr. Aylward, for this conversation occurred before his merits or the
depth of his purse had been rewarded by a baronetcy, looked at his
partner in the impassive fashion for which he was famous, and
answered:
"You mix your metaphors, Haswell, but if you mean that the public are
fools who must be caught by advertisement, I agree with you. Only this
particular advertisement is expensive and I do not want to wait many
days for my reward. However, £20,000 one way or the other is a small
matter, so tell that architect to do the thing in granite."
Sir Robert Aylward sat in his own quiet room at the back of this
enduring building, a very splendid room that any Secretary of State

might have envied, but arranged in excellent taste. Its walls were
panelled with figured