The Duke, as he had told his sister, had invited his friend to dine.

They all sat together waiting his arrival.

Punctual to the moment, the door opened, and Mr.Horace Bellingham beamed upon the assembled party.

Ay, but he was a sight to do good to the souls of the hungry and thirsty, and of the poor, and in misery! He requires description, not that any pen can describe him, but no one ever saw him who did not immediately wish to try.

He was short, decidedly; but a broad deep chest and long powerful arms had given him many an advantage over taller adversaries in strange barbarous lands.