22/37 An interesting situation, William, and hard traveling from one end of France to the other, had not agreed together in the case of Number Two. Mr.James Smith found her in bed, with doctor's orders that she was not to be moved. There was nothing for it after that but to lie by in London till the lady got better. Luckily for us, she didn't hurry herself; so that, after all, your mistress has to thank the very woman who supplanted her for clearing her character by helping us to find Mr.James Smith." "And, pray, how did you come by that loose hair of his which you showed before the justice to-day ?" I asked. "I was put up to asking after it by what she told me. |