54/59 I would beg you not to judge me harshly." By this time he had struggled into his coat and boots He stepped to the table and picked up the papers. "Long ere they got to Marlborough they would be useless." "That is scarcely the point," said Lovel "I am somewhat dissatisfied with my calling and contemplate a change." "You may sleep here if you wish," said Lord Charles. I am better on the road." Talbot took a guinea from his purse "Here's to help your journey," he was saying, when Nick Wogan flushing darkly, intervened. "Damn you, James don't be a boor," he said. |