Then my brother has no sons, and his health is always delicate.

I do not count on that, of course, but I might have to succeed him." "Tell me his name ?" she asked.
"Lord Welmington," I answered,--"the Earl of Welmington he is called." "And you would be that," she asked naively, "if he died ?" "I should," I answered, "but I should be very sorry to think that there was any chance of it.

I am going to find something to do very soon, probably at one of the embassies on the Continent.

The army at home, with no chance of a war, is dull work." "You play games and shoot, of course," she asked, "like all your countrymen ?" "I am afraid I do," I admitted.

"I have wasted a good deal of time the last few years.