"Yes," he said to Derrick, as the carriage drove off, "the Marquess--I mean your uncle, Talbot, wants to see you, naturally." "You have told him ?" said Derrick.

"Poor man!" "Yes, I have told him; and, strangely enough, he welcomed the news.

And yet it is not strange; for, alas! he knew the character of his son, knew that he was not worthy to bear the title.

There is something more on my brother's mind than I am cognisant of.

Some secret which worries him," he added.
Derrick remained silent.