CHAPTER XIII.
Mr.Foley and Lord Armley were waiting together in the library--not the smaller apartment into which Julia had been shown, but a more spacious, almost a stately room in the front part of the house.

Upon Maraton's entrance, Lord Armley changed his position, sitting further back amongst the shadows in a low easy-chair.

Maraton took his place so that he was between the two men.

It was Lord Armley who asked the first question.
"Mr.Maraton," he enquired, "are you an Englishman ?" "I think that I may call myself so," Maraton replied, with a smile.

"I was born in America, but my parents were English." "I asked," Lord Armley continued, "whether you were an Englishman, for two reasons.