Ag'd nags in sulkies.

See how fast they can go a mile," explained the Duke.

"Lots of shekels on it too, very often." At last the evening came, and Claudius appeared in Barker's room arrayed in full evening-dress.

As Barker had predicted to himself, the result was surprising.

Claudius was far beyond the ordinary stature of men, and the close-fitting costume showed off his athletic figure, while the pale, aquiline features, with the yellow heard that looked gold at night, contrasted in their refinement with the massive proportions of his frame, in a way that is rarely seen save in the races of the far north or the far south.
The Countess received them graciously, and Miss Skeat was animated.