They chatted for a moment or two, idly enough, as it seemed to me.
"Any one ill at the Grange, doctor ?" Ray asked at length.
The doctor looked at him curiously.
"I have just come from there," he answered.

"There is nothing very seriously wrong." "Can you tell me if Lord Blenavon is there ?" Ray asked.
The doctor hesitated.
"It was hinted to me, Colonel Ray," he said, "that my visit to the Grange was not to be spoken of.

You will understand, of course, that the etiquette of our profession--" "Quite right," Ray interrupted.

"The fact is, Lady Angela is very anxious about her brother, who did not return to Rowchester last night, and she has sent us out as a search party.

Of course, if you were able to help us she would be very gratified." The doctor hesitated.
"The Duke and, in fact, all the family have always been exceedingly kind to me," he remarked, looking straight between his horse's ears.