"I was hoping that your visit had no object at all, and that you had been good enough just to look me up.
"I should not have intruded without a purpose," Brooks said, quietly, "but you will be almost justified in treating my visit as an impertinence when I have disclosed my errand.

Lord Arranmore, I am the secretary for the fund which is being raised in Medchester for the relief of the Unemployed." Arranmore nodded.
"Oh, yes," he said.

"I had a visit a few days ago from a worthy Medchester gentleman connected with it." "It is concerning that visit, Lord Arranmore, that I have come to see you," Brooks continued, quietly.

"I only heard of it yesterday afternoon, but this morning it seems to me that every one whom I have met has alluded to it." The Marquis was lounging against the broad mantelpiece.

Some part of the cordiality of his manner had vanished.
"Well ?" "Lord Arranmore, I wondered whether it was not possible that some mistake had been made," Brooks said.