I am, sir, Your obedient servant, JOHN MCNOWELL.
"You have confidence in the people's loyalty here ?" asked Mallow.
"As great as in my own," answered Dyck cheerily.

"Well, you ought to know what that is.

At the same time, I've heard you're a friend of one or two dark spirits in the land." "I hold no friendships that would do hurt to my country," answered Dyck sharply.
Mallow smiled satirically.

"As we're starting at daylight, I suppose, I think I'll go to bed, if it may be you can put me up." "Oh, Lord, yes! We can put you up, Mr.Mallow," said the old man.

"You shall have as good a bed as you can find outside the Viceregal Lodge--a fourposter, wide and long.