IN WHICH AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR IS SEEN.

IN THE CEDAR-PARLOUR OF THE TILED HOUSE, AND THE STORY OF MR.

BEAUCLERC AND THE 'FLOWER DE LUCE' BEGINS TO BE UNFOLDED.
It was an awful night, indeed, on which all this occurred, and that apparition had shown itself up at the Mills.

And truly it would seem the devil had business on his hands, for in the cedar-parlour of the Tiled House another unexpected manifestation occurred just about the same hour.
What gentleman is there of broken fortunes, undefined rights, and in search of evidence, without a legal adviser of some sort?
Mr.Mervyn, of course, had his, and paid for the luxury according to custom.

And every now and then off went a despatch from the Tiled House to the oracular London attorney; sometimes it was a budget of evidence, and sometimes only a string of queries.