It might have been a mere phrase, and so I thought at the time.

But I think now he had before him the possibility of some event occurring in which he might be able to repay the service I had rendered him." "There may have been something in it and there may not," the Doctor said; "but, at any rate, Bathurst, he ought to be a potent ally.

There doesn't seem any limit to his powers, and he might, for aught one knows, be able to convey you away as he did his daughter." The Doctor spoke lightly, and then added, "But seriously, the man might be of service.

These jugglers go among people of all classes.

They are like the troubadours of the Middle Ages, welcomed everywhere; and they no doubt have every opportunity of learning what is going on, and it may be that he will be able to give you timely warning should there be any trouble at hand." "That is possible enough," Bathurst agreed.