It is only necessary to break in upon them occasionally for the purpose of securing legal advice, or the equally unromantic desire to have a bit of typewriting done.

We are not alone in this heartless and uncharitable obtrusion.

Deppingham, phlegmatic soul, was forever disturbing Saunders with calls to duty, although Saunders was brutish enough, in his British way, to maintain (in confidence, of course) that he was in the employ of Lady Deppingham, or no one at all.

Nevertheless, he always lived under the shadow of duty.

At any moment, his lordship was liable to send for him to ask the time of day--or some equally important question.