So but one set of confidential cipher dispatches have been sent on, and Captain Anstruther will have charge of the whole delicate affair.

Should either of you meet Major Alan Hawke in London, or out of India, your commissions will depend on guarding an absolute silence as to the whole Johnstone affair.

You are trusted, and not watched, gentlemen," said the great noble, "and he is watched, and not trusted.

Now, I have done all I can for you, as this duty takes you home and brings you back at the expense of her Majesty's government.

You will not fail to communicate with me from Aden, Suez, and Port Said, as well as Brindisi, and to report if Madame Louison has received at each place her telegrams and proceeded on her journey in safety.