"As long as I can't be at home," said Harry Fleming, "I'd rather be here than anywhere in the world I can think of " "Rather " said his companion, Dick Mercer. "I say, Harry, it must be funny to be an American " Harry laughed heartily. "I'd be angry, Dick," he said, finally, "if that wasn't so English-and so funny Still, I suppose that's one reason you Britishers are as big an empire as you are. You think it's sort of funny and a bit of a misfortune, don't you, to be anything but English?"