Fortunately, Commando Elmo speaks Hindustani and the elephants understand him perfectly. Ace Detective, Colwyn Dane, is a worried man this week. It looks as if his faithful retainer, former crook Tiger Gates, has gone back to his bad old ways. Read on to find out what happens when a crossword puzzle clue solves a most bewildering mystery. Looking at The Champion now, I wonder what effect it has had on me.
Every story is about class and rank.
Huns are bad and Frogs are all right, if a bit fey and unreliable. War is fun. The only woman in the entire 22,000 words is the Greystone's cook. And elephants understand Hindustani. My childhood was lived in the imaginary worlds of The Champion, Biggles, Gimlet, Worrals, Ratty, Badger, Mole and William, and, when I first visited England, I had that uncanny feeling of having been there before.