"I have heard all about the charge.

And I am glad that you are here, Don Pedro, for I wish to say that I do not believe there is a word of truth in the accusation." "Nor do I," asserted the Peruvian decisively.
"I agree--I agree," cried Braddock, beaming.

"And you, Hope ?" "I never believed it, even before I heard Random's defense," said Archie with a dry smile.

"Did you not see Captain Hervey yourself, sir ?" he added, turning to Don Pedro; "he started for Pierside to look you up." "I have not seen him," said De Gayangos in his stately way, "and I am very sorry, as I desire to examine him about the accusation he had dared to bring against my very good friend, Sir Frank Random.

I wish he were here at this very minute, so that I could tell him what I think of the charge." Just as Don Pedro spoke the unexpected happened, as though some genie had obeyed his commands.