Page 64 (1/2)

"But not this wo a little also

"My dear fellow, men like Carnaby attract all wo his head, "that I cannot believe"

"Have you known many women, Bev?"

"No," answered Barnabas; "but I have nificantly

"Once!" nodded Barnabas

"Hum," said the Viscount "And, therefore," added Barnabas,

"I don't think that we need fear Sir Morti his head, "is because you

don't know hi settled their score, the

Viscount stepped out to the stables acco out from the open casement, stared

idly into the lane And thus he once ing in the shade of one of the great

trees that grew before the inn, glancing up and down the lane in the

attitude of one aits He was tall and slender, and clad in a

tight-fitting blue coat cut in the extre fashion,

and beneath his curly-brimmed hat, Barnabas saw a sallow face with

lips a little too heavy, nostrils a little too thin, and eyes a

little too close together, at least, so Barnabas thought, but what he

noticed more particularly was the fact that one of the buttons of

the blue coat had been wrenched away

Now, as the gentleuidly at a bluebell that happened to groithin his reach, cut

it down, and with gentle, lazy taps beat it slowly into nothingness,