But people who are always talking of invoking the law know nothing about it." We were surprised too, although Manners was always convincing us, in some cheerful but discomposing way, that we were all daily and hourly, in our simplest acts, making ourself responsible for all sorts of liabilities and actions, and even generally preparing ourselves for arrest and imprisonment.

The Quartermaster continued lazily:-- "Then you didn't give him any points about shooting ?" "No; he doesn't even know the man she went off with.

It was eighteen months ago, and I don't believe he'd even know her again if he met her.

But, if he isn't much of a client, we shall miss him to-night as a waiter, for the place is getting full, and there are not enough to serve." The restaurant was, indeed, unusually crowded that evening; the more so that, the private rooms above being early occupied, some dinner parties and exclusive couples had been obliged to content themselves with the public dining saloon.

A small table nearest us, usually left vacant to insure a certain seclusion to the Club, was arranged, with a deprecatory apology from the proprietor, for one of those couples, a man and woman.