"Have you heard anything ?" "No one has been as yet except the postman.

He brought me a letter from Bolsover, which will probably interest you more than it does me.

It's there on the table." Jeffreys took up a letter addressed in Mr Frampton's hand.
"Am I to read it ?" "As you please." Jeffreys opened the letter and read:-- "Bolsover, _October_ 12.
"S.

Halgrove, Esq.
"Dear Sir,--I regret to inform you that your ward, John Jeffreys, left Bolsover secretly last night, and has not up to the present moment returned.

If he has returned to you, you will probably have learned by this time the circumstances which led him to take the step he has.
(Here Mr Frampton briefly repeated the story of the football accident.) The patient still lingers, although the doctors do not at present hold out much hope of ultimate recovery.