7/24 A few minutes brought him near enough to show a familiar face looking over the stiff collar and from under the soft black hat of an English clergyman. How are you? He went off all right last Wednesday from Spithead, and he will write from Madeira. But you generally have later news at Elmdene than I have." "I don't know whether Laura has heard. Have you been up to see the new comer ?" "Yes; I have just left him." "Is he a married man--this Mr.Raffles Haw ?" "No, he is a bachelor. |