‘Winston says that there were twenty thousand Nazi sympathizers in this country at the outbreak of war,’ White said.
‘Some harmful lies are no doubt told deliberately. But rumour festers in a situation such as this. We have to live with that.’
'Are you aware that Babcock is a Communist?’ Finlay said.
Grey and the Major stretched forward and looked at each other around White. Then Grey snorted with laughter. ‘Nonsense. Babcock is a dyed-in-the-wool anarcho-syndicalist. He told me so himself.’