Could aught be simpler or more infallible ?" Richard had slipped from the table.

He had changed his mind on the subject of the importance of the business Blake had in view.

Excited by it, he clapped his friend on the back approvingly.
"A great plan!" he cried.

"Is it not, Ruth ?" "It should be the means of saving hundreds, perhaps thousands of lives," said she, "and so it deserves to prosper.

But what of the officers who may be with the Duke ?" she inquired.
"There are not likely to be many--half a dozen, say.