He likes to give style and form to people who have none of their own. He dresses the world as he wishes to see it, not as it is. And he touches it with magic. And because he has a past, and because nothing goes away in life, he finds himself saddled with the impossible job of spying for his country. And in doing so, he tells his spymasters what they want to hear.
Truth is what people want to hear.
Secrets are what you tell one person at a time. And what results from Harry Pendel's fabrications is something I hope you will read for yourselves. And I hope that as you laugh a little and shudder a little and turn the pages, you will recognise in the secret world of Harry Pendel things that belong in everybody's world.