Fitzdoggin has telegraphed me that Claudius--I mean," he said, interrupting himself and blushing awkwardly, "I mean that it is all right, you know.

They have arranged all your affairs beautifully." Margaret looked at him curiously a moment while he spoke.

Then she recognised that the Duke must have had a hand in the matter, and spoke very gratefully to him, not mentioning that she had received news direct, for she did not wish to spoil his pleasure in being the first to tell her.

To tell the truth, the impulsive Englishman was rather in doubt whether he had not betrayed the Doctor's secret, and seemed very little inclined to say anything more about it.
"I wish," she said at last, "that we could ride this morning.

I have not been on a horse for ever so long, and I want the air." "By Jove," cried the Duke, overjoyed at the prospect of breaking an interview which seemed likely to lead him too far, "I should think so.