As for Leglosse, he outdid himself in his devotion.

He made the most extraordinary toilets in her honour, and on one occasion went even so far as to inform me that, if all Englishwomen were like this particular specimen, he would say good-bye to his beloved Paris, and cross the Channel never to return again.
At last the eventful day arrived, and from nine till twelve we called repeatedly at the office for the telegram that was to mean so much to us.

It was not, however, until the afternoon was well advanced that a message was received.

I could have taken my stick to the agent for the slowness with which he opened the envelope.

The clerk was called in, the code translated, and the message presently transcribed.
"This, gentlemen," he said at last, pointing to the telegram, "is from our agent in Port Said, and is as follows-- "Gifford, small man, grey hair, and wears spectacles.