But bless you, Jim knows no more than anybody else.

All as he can tell is as Mr.Fortescue sometimes goes to London, that he is uncommon fond of hosses, and either rides or drives tandem nearly every day, and has ordered a slap-up four-in-hand drag.

And he has got a 'boratory and no end o' chemicals and stuff, and electric machines, and all sorts o' gimcracks." "Is there a Mrs.Fortescue ?" "Not as I knows on.

There is not a woman in the house, except servants." "Who looks after things, then ?" "Well, there's a housekeeper.

But the head bottle-washer is a chap they call major-domo--a German he is.