What I meant was, what does the company do? What is British Albion in aid of? It was a very good question. Granted that British Albion was a very comfortable billet for Clement Gryce, but it had to be admitted that it was a rather peculiar company to work for. Even Gryce — a lifelong clerk with an almost total lack of ambition — can't help wondering why the telephones never ring. Soon he finds ...