He was breathing heavily, and his face was pale, his eyes angry beyond words, what time Mr.Caryll, in amiable, musical voice, with its precise and at moments slightly foreign enunciation, unfolded the shameful story of the affair at the "Adam and Eve," at Maidstone.

He told a plain, straightforward tale, making little attempt to reproduce any of its color, giving his audience purely and simply the facts that had taken place.

He told how he himself had been chosen as a witness when my lord had heard that there was a traveller from France in the house, and showed how that slight circumstance had first awakened his suspicions of foul play.

He provoked some amusement when he dealt with his detection and exposure of the sham parson.

But in the main he was heard with a stern and ominous attention--ominous for Lord Rotherby.
Rakes these men admittedly were with but few exceptions.