You see, the landing stage is close to the club, and he might have been just going in when he was knocked down--by a carriage, I suppose." "Like enough he is at the club still, my lady.

At any rate, I will go there in the first place and find out.

There is sure to be a crowd about the gates listening to the music--they have got a band over from Newport--so that if they do not know anything at the club, there are sure to be some people outside who saw the accident, and will know where the Major was taken.

Anyhow, I won't come back without news." Even to Lady Greendale, anxious and alarmed as she was, it did not seem long before the steward came down with the news that the boat was just alongside.

This time she was too agitated to go up.