3/7 They are on the scent of the smuggled goods, and I am to be called to account for their possession. Better that we had starved!" Lady Graeme caught his hand, and pressed it hard. I feel that I am worse than he. I do know better, he does not." Recalling that he was in the presence of a gentleman, Archy raised his hat, advanced and said, apologetically, who and what they were. That his was a very unpleasant duty, but that as a gentleman, Sir Risdon would see that the king's officers had no alternative but to carry out their duty. |