Thank goodness we dine alone to-morrow night.

But there is one thing which I must tell you at once.

Sir Michael Trogoldy is in town, you know.

He took me in to dinner at Amberley House last night, and we talked about you." "I had a letter from Sir Michael a few days ago," I answered.

"He made a proposition to me--and asked me to call and see him." Something in my voice, I suppose, betrayed my feelings.