16/24 Tell me all about the son." And before the story of Loo Barebone was half told, John Turner laid aside his knife and fork and turned his attention to the dissection of this ill-told tale. As the story neared its end, he glanced round the room, to make sure that none was listening to their conversation. "Does he come into it ?" "He came to Farlingford with the Marquis de Gemosac, out of pure good-nature--because the Marquis could speak but little English. |