"He might help to cover all up if I induced Abercromby to get him back on the staff once more.

I was a fool to slight him." Hugh Fraser Johnstone was dimly conscious that his own line of battle was wavering, and that his flanks were unguarded--his rear unprotected.

"I will only trust my homeward pathway to Simpson, and my health is a good excuse for clearing out for good.

I can easily locate on the Continent--in Belgium, or Switzerland--and out of reach of any little trouble to come.

They've no proof.