"You have only to name your requests, to have them faithfully attended to." "Old Sir Michael Wychecombe, Kt .-- two wives--Margery and Joan.

Two wives--two sons--half-blood--Thomas, James, Charles, and Gregory, _whole_--Sir Reginald Wychecombe, _half_.

Understand--hope--gentlemen ?" "This is not being very clear, certainly," whispered Sir Gervaise; "but, perhaps by getting hold of the other end of the rope, we may under-run it, as we sailors say, and come at the meaning--we will let the poor man proceed, therefore.

Quite plain, my dear sir, and what have you next to tell us.

You left off without saying only _half_ about Sir Reginald." "Half-blood; only _half_--Tom and the rest, whole.