'Pon my word, I don't believe it's had a good over-haul for years." "Possibly," said Donna Elvira, absently.

"The last man who had charge of it was too fond of the wine." "I can believe it," said Derrick; "anyway, he kept his machinery thirsty enough.

What shall I do about it ?" She pondered for a moment or two; then, with a sudden raising of her sad eyes, she said, slowly, "It must come from England, you said.

It is possible to order it from thence ?" "Oh, yes," said Derrick, hesitatingly.

"Of course, it would be better if one could buy it on the spot." "That is so," she agreed.