Well, it's not too late to have a messenger, is it ?" "Oh _no_, sir." ("'Too late' in the Grand Babylon, oh Czar!" said the valet's shocked tone.) "Then please get a messenger to take this letter, at once." "In a cab, sir ?" "Yes, in a cab.

I don't know whether there will be an answer.

He will see.

Then let him call at the cloak-room at South Kensington Station and get my luggage.

Here's the ticket." "Thank you, sir." "I can rely on you to see that he goes at once ?" "You can, sir," said the valet, in such accents as carry absolute conviction.
"Thank you.