If the man should die, as seems more than likely, your legal position, Sir Henry, would be most uncomfortable.

Your arrest would be a necessity, and there is no law granting what I believe you call bail to a person directly or indirectly responsible for the death of another.

I am here, therefore, to give you what I may term an official warning.

Your absence as a witness to-morrow morning will not be commented upon--events of importance have called you back to England.

You will thereby be saved a very large amount of annoyance, and the authorities here will be spared the most regrettable necessity of having to deal with you in a manner unbefitting your rank." Hunterleys became at once thoughtful.