"Tell me all," he begged his adoptive father.

"Tell me how matters stand precisely--how you propose to act." "With all my heart," the baronet assented.

"Lord Ostermore, having turned his coat once for profit, is ready now to turn it again for the same end.

From the information that reaches me from England, it would appear that in the rage of speculation that has been toward in London, his lordship has suffered heavily.

How heavily I am not prepared to say.
But heavily enough, I dare swear, to have caused this offer to return to his king; for he looks, no doubt, to sell his services at a price that will help him mend the wreckage of his fortunes.