"He holds a warrant for his arrest on a charge of embezzlement in Cochin China.
For that reason we are following him to Naples to-morrow morning." "To Naples.

Has the wretched man gone there ?" "So we have been led to believe," I answered.
"Then do you think my uncle will find it out and follow him ?" she asked, wringing her hands.

"Oh! it is all too terrible.

What shall I do ?" "Well, if I might be allowed to be like David Copperfield's Mr.Dick, I should be practical, and say '_dine_'! I suppose you have had nothing to eat since you left England ?" She gave a little wan smile.
"We have not had very much, certainly," she answered.

"Poor Nelly, you must be nearly starving." The maid, however, protested that she was not; but was not to be denied.
Bidding them remain where they were, I went down-stairs and interviewed my faithful friend, the _concierge_.