MRS.

RALSTON OF CRAIG Mr.Lindsey made no remark on this answer, and for a minute or two he and Mr.Portlethorpe sat looking at each other.

Then Mr.Portlethorpe bent forward a little, his hands on his knees, and gave Mr.Lindsey a sort of quizzical but earnest glance.
"Now, why do you ask that last question ?" he said quietly.

"You've some object ?" "It's like this," answered Mr.Lindsey.

"Here's a man comes into these parts to take up a title and estates, who certainly had been out of them for thirty years.