Meanwhile, I'll charge myself with looking into the matter." "The Ambassador is very pressing, sir." "You must quiet him.

Come, sir; you see that if your suspicions are correct, it is an affair in which we must move with caution.

We can have no scandal.

Mind you return tonight." He promised to obey me, and I rode on to rejoin my companions, a little easier in my mind.

Enquiries after me must be stopped at all hazards for a week or two; and this clever official had come surprisingly near the truth.