D' ye think, Captain Percy, that there's the slightest doubt as to their tenor ?" "No." "Then my lord has but to possess his soul with patience and wait for the Due Return.

No doubt he'll do so." "No doubt he'll do so," I echoed.
By this we had reached the Secretary's own door.

"Fortune favor you with the Paspaheghs!" he said, with another mighty yawn.

"As for me, I'll to bed.

Do you ever dream, Captain Percy?
I don't; mine is too good a conscience.