You can't help but think the man looking back at you in the mirror looks old and worried. And in need of a haircut and a shave.
The haircut and the shave you can take care of. The SS Manannan, besides being the fastest transatlantic passenger liner in existence, has all the amenities, including a barber. You'd avail yourself of his services before you arrived at Southampton.
The old and worried part, though, you couldn't do anything about.
For a man in his mid-fifties, you were in excellent shape. You still had a full head of hair, even if it had gone prematurely gray in your thirties. Your body still let you keep up with men two decades your junior (even if, the following day, you regretted over exertions more now than you did twenty years ago). But there was no denying you were a man in the process of leaving middle age for his senior years.
The worried part, though...well, the cause of the worry was in the headlines of the paper sitting on the table in your stateroom:
HITLER ELECTED CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY
Most of the world was amazed, even alarmed, by the rise of Hitler (and, to a lesser extent, Mussolini). You, though, are way past alarmed. You think there might be darker powers behind Hitler's rise, besides just human ambition. Something that might take seed in the United States, if given a chance. The speeches you've heard from Huey Long have given you pause.
You've managed to convince a high official in the War Department of your misgivings, and so you are traveling to England on a semi-sanctioned mission. The fairies won't be able to answer any of your questions straight out. But they can act as a barometer, letting you know if the Nazis have been dabbling in the occult.
When the SS Manannan arrived at Southampton, you have a hired car waiting for you, which takes you straight to
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