4/25 But they had a daughter, and she survives them." "And resembles her mother, eh ?--No, Trednoke, the time for that sort of thing has gone by with me. Susan might have had me, five-and-forty years ago; but I can't undertake to revive my passion for the benefit of Mrs. Besides, I'm too busy to think of marriage, and not--not old enough!" At this tour de force, the general laughed softly, and finished his coffee. An old Indian, somewhat remarkable in appearance, with shaggy white hair hanging down on his shoulders, stepped forward from the room where he had been waiting, and removed the cup. "Pablo has just come in sight over the hill. |