"I should have known better than to have used such a word to you.

Permit me to take my leave." Mr.Sabin rose.
"I thank you, sir," he said, "for the courteous manner in which you have discharged your mission." Lord Robert bowed.
"My good wishes," he said, "are yours." Mr.Sabin when alone called Duson to him.
"Have you any report to make, Duson ?" he asked.
"None, sir!" Mr.Sabin dismissed him impatiently.
"After all, I am getting old.

He is young and he is strong--a worthy antagonist.

Come, let us see what this little volume has to say about him." He turned over the pages rapidly and read aloud.
"Reginald Cyril Brott, born 18--, son of John Reginald Brott, Esq., of Manchester.

Educated at Harrow and Merton College, Cambridge, M.A., LL.D., and winner of the Rudlock History Prize.