Affairs of State

'Affairs of State' is a romance-adventure novel revolving around the affairs of Archibald Rushford, who is described as «tall, lean, the embodiment of energy,». We first met him as he stood at the window, hands in pockets, and stared disgustedly out at the dreary vista of sand-dunes and bathing-machines, closed in the distance by a stretch of gray sea mounting toward a horizon scarcely discernible through the drifting mist which hung above the water.