"You will learn about the wretched business soon enough.

Mordaunt knows where to lay his hand upon the papers bearing on the matter.

You can consult him about it to-morrow." "But surely," I cried, "if the peril is so imminent something may be done to avert it.

If you would but tell me what you fear I should know how to act." "My dear friend," he said, "there is nothing to be done, so calm yourself, and let things take their course.

It has been folly on my part to shelter myself behind mere barriers of wood and stone.