"No more, ma'am--no more!" he cried, seeming suddenly to remember the presence of Mr.Caryll, who sat languidly drawing figures on the ground with the ferrule of his cane.

He turned to ask the convalescent how he did.

Her ladyship rose to withdraw, and at that moment Leduc made his appearance with a salver, on which was a bowl of soup, a flask of Hock, and a letter.

Setting this down in such a manner that the letter was immediately under his master's eyes, he further proceeded to draw Mr.Caryll's attention to it.

It was addressed in Sir Richard Everard's hand.