Good-bye, and be sure to call on Miss King.

It's a pity to think of that poor girl all alone in a great barrack of a place like Ballymoy House, without a civilised creature to speak to." Meldon left the Office very well satisfied with himself.

He went next into the hotel.

The day was hot, and there was very little going on in the town.

The streets were almost empty, for the country people were busy on their farms.