"But it certainly is not the case.

I fear my wife would have rather a lonely time of it if it were.

I am obliged to be away from home so much, you see, and for so long at a time." "Yours must be indeed a strange profession, Mr.Fairfax, if I may say so," she continued.

"Some time ago I came across an account, in a magazine, of your life, and the many famous cases in which you had taken part." "Ah! I remember the wretched thing," I said.

"I am sorry that you should ever have seen it." "And why should you be sorry ?" "Because it is a silly thing, and I have always regretted allowing the man to publish it.