I should have done it the moment we returned to England.' 'You must know,' said the colonel, 'that I am an amateur inspector of fortresses, and my poor Clara has to trudge the Continent with me to pick up the latest inventions in artillery and other matters, for which I get no thanks at head-quarters--but it 's one way of serving one's country when the steel lies rusting.

We are now for home by way of Paris.

I hope that you and your friend will give us your company.

I will see this Captain Welsh of yours before we start.

Clara, you decided on dragging me to the theatre to-night with your usual admirable instinct.' I reminded Miss Goodwin of my father being in Germany.
'Yes, he is at one of the Courts, a long distance from here,' she said, rapidly.