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it makes a considerable“ tnan can be secounted for } ‘For “it saya that Maclean boyishness about him. . that he was under investi- - mort ot be. recall! a‘ — to t . HE Hurgess aqualid, Tt could pe seen thet, 4 anal } aclean Peat sega i e-paper weal respect by Tig! refallss the’: definition” ta hie la’ time he had weakened off a net as a:‘number.: UP 1n some very ‘queer rooms, of holes tied Jogether- 3 aon: aie manny Tend and with’ string. “It Jis ait their” al Rin for plea . number ° als tied Tap at he wee nag - ¥ - . togel her wi words“ es and no doubt he was, But. Tue . charm was of a more excit-. - . a oot One has” to’ admit that , “ng and mote troubling Kind : os ao advance in frankness, for , by good nature. it tells no lies. “* . Even when he was hearing ° It 1s not completely honest. *40 there was an. engagin| a may have been warned” there: are tea Sh q gation, .when- it iis quite . certain} that pes was warned. But sit drops the di pretence that the Govern-4 | - Broo ing’ ment did not’ know Burgess * and - Maclean :;to be Sovist.-: u who always catches the agents, © Iceberg”. visitor's eye. The brooding Q ERWISE it ls empty to darkness of the child’s face “the point.of impudence, lights up with such . an. and far past that. It is enchanting, , smile. ae written with that pointless Tésponsi Strangers 18 50 discourtesy, as it mee of an Quick and gay, he has such © imbecile iceberg, for which. ,® @uaint tum of phrase. the Foreign Office is too well Surely, the visitor says,” noted, there cannot be anything | ‘But of course there are very much wrong with ~ $b many. essential things that It _delignital Httle boy. could fot say, for odiciai Weil, yes, there is, janguage is geared to unfortunately apps record facts, which are so | wherever ‘he goes small a part of reality. | », out, By constant watchi And before one blames'the “ it has been established that. White-paper for what it has. the only toy he cares for is chosen Rot, to, say, one may a box of matches, ‘The 2a. consider wha! it cou not , game eo reall £20) is say, It could not tell ia what arson, Hy, ,eBloy! People who were mitschievous urges and Maclean were” OMETIMES, in a ‘home’, ' for children who are* unhappily not like other children, there is a small boy destructive = looked to). fevert ae Fate Off over’: and destructive = e y. feverish quality ' of = y nee tikes zteating gut'to set "him to give them what vey" excited 8" It might, easly begin “with, they were’. hayricks, and afterwards is eo SES awittie tt ‘this tn: we = te as a cuarmnine person not <typleat . upper = class 7? isllent walle the SrowN-UDS "allot -uss"and many people.“to sit next to at dite but 3 One had ony GNSS. Ramen that’ wo who were on.the whole 3 * afterwards“ doubts, crossed} and sensible had an amused :. one’s mind. Couid he really feeling that” Guy Burgess “ be the age ‘that he was said’ was always Hkcely t0 to do some-~‘~:to be, or responsible enough 5 sige OMe Spd were” on Bis effect was the mark ‘of the j tragedy he had brought on¥ “himself. “Fer Maclean was) obviously frank -by nature, ° When he met a stranger pis handshake was | warm, he TF “Guy © ° Burgess { {was & . gave a welcoming smile, he: perpetual child, ~ Donald asked ' personal questions,’ , (made personal confidences. =” It is impossible to imagine a character less suited to: eré was something strange «Spread. * about them. They had parted "sass © {trom the herd,” and it” scemed Jikely that the pera was fright in any dispute "it had owitt chen, - - Yet both men were attractive, peer was Burgess’s dis- an tinguishing mark: the flashing smile of the fire~ raiser, full of secret delight: : ae G Grubby : in inischiet and destruction. § fburapss was the: ““opviousi a problem: child, iy a pi mS perl rsonality’; and when ! he-was not of the two. He had a charm, *,smiling had ‘they unhappy, which’ was. “hard: sto account ” for| ashe “small and, sto ky, *incorrlginly, grub and often. drunk, uy (i was at! once ‘obviously., ¢ bred and. ;Fobviously ae Maclean was. a.. perpetual aoe was. lanicy’ ike “a Jaa ' He, was lan! ea la ‘appealing look of’a problem? who ‘has! outgrown: hi bear the obligation of secrecy. child, affectionate”) ani strength, and he ‘had: kepr. which is imposed on. 2 the brilliant, unspoiled colour ;-spirato: Bet r i fee ye and waa Ae is faded 4 Pie is~ Significant that} he ad l- 7c %.° was op the most affectiogate || rms }with certaln .memb rs