Old Rentoul has caught a salmon.

Gallosh hopes to get a fair bag----" "Bot did zey say nozing about--about Miss Eva ?" "The letter was written by her, you see." "SHE wrote to YOU! Strange!" "Very odd, isn't it ?" The Baron meditated for a minute and then inquired-- "Vat of ze Maddisons ?" "Well, I gather that Mr.Maddison is erecting an ibis house in connection with the aviary.

Ri has gone to Kamchatka, but hopes to be back by the 12th----" "And Eleanor--no vord of her ?" "It was she who wrote, don't you know." "Eleanor--and also to you! Bot vy should she ?" "Can't imagine; can you ?" The Baron shook his head solemnly.

"No, Bonker, I cannot." For some moments he pondered over the remarkable conduct of these ladies; and then-- "Did you also hear of ze Wallingfords ?" he asked.
"I had a short note from them." "From him, or----" "Her." "So! Humph, zey all seem fond of writing letters." "Why--have you had any too ?" "No; and I do not vant zem." Yet his immunity did not appear to exhilarate the diplomatist.
"Another bottle of the same," said Bunker aside to the waiter.
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