"Helen insisted upon keeping me out of the way but we've heard all sorts of rumours.

The Commandant has been up here after him, hasn't he ?" "Yes, and I sent him away with a flea in his ear! I don't like the fellow." "And Maderstrom ?" "The pseudo-Mr.Lessingham, eh ?" Sir Henry observed.

"Well, to tell you the truth, Dick, if there is one person I am a little sorry for in the history of the last few weeks, it's Maderstrom." "You, too ?" Richard exclaimed.

"Why, every one seems crazy about the fellow." Sir Henry nodded.
"I remember him in your college days, Dick.

He was a gentleman and a good sort, only unfortunately his mother was a German.