Who told you he had ?" "Mother Gum.

I have just met her." "She told you wrong.

He will be down to-morrow.

Is that Dr.Ashton ?" Attracted perhaps by the voices, Dr.and Mrs.Ashton, who were then out on the lawn, came round to the window.

Percival Elster grasped a hand of each, and after a minute or two's studied coldness, the doctor thawed.