"Why, now--now you are Sir Marcus Ordeyne!" "It sounds idiotic, doesn't it ?" said I, with a smile.

"But I suppose I -am." And so came my release from captivity.

I was profoundly affected by the awful disaster, but it would be sheer hypocrisy if I said that I felt personal grief.

I knew none of the dead, of whom I verily believe the valet was the worthiest man.

My grandfather and uncles had ignored my existence.