Pretty good, sir, wasn't it ?" "It has given you appetite for dinner, I hope," said the baronet, not so well pleased to find that it was not simple obedience that had brought the youth to him in such haste.
"I'm ready," replied Richard.

"I shall be in time to return by the last train to-night.

I will leave Cassandra in your charge for a rest." His father quietly helped him to soup, which he commenced gobbling with an eagerness that might pass for appetite.
"All well at Raynham ?" said the baronet.
"Quite, sir." "Nothing new ?" "Nothing, sir." "The same as when I left ?" "No change whatever!" "I shall be glad to get back to the old place," said the baronet.

"My stay in town has certainly been profitable.

I have made some pleasant acquaintances who may probably favour us with a visit there in the late autumn--people you may be pleased to know.