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"Be it so," replied the magistrate; "let him sit down within the bar till the answer comes." In less than an hour, my note to Major Carbonnell was answered by his appearance in person, followed by Timothy. Carbonnell walked up to the magistrate, while Timothy asked the officers in an angry tone, what they had been doing to his master.
"My dear Carbonnell," said I, "would you not like to see somebody a clergyman?" "Newland, excuse me. I do not refuse it out of disrespect, or because I do not believe in the tenets of Christianity; but I cannot believe that my repentance at this late hour can be of any avail.
"If the wound does not take a favourable turn, about forty-eight hours, sir," replied the surgeon: "but we must hope for a more fortunate issue." "In a death-bed case you medical men are like lawyers," replied the major, "there is no getting a straightforward answer from you. Where is Mr Newland?" "Here I am, Carbonnell," said I, taking his hand.
"I hope it may prove so," replied Timothy, "but I feel a little frightened." "I do not: to-morrow I shall give my letter of introduction, and then I will prosecute my search. So now, my dear Tim, good night." The next morning, I lost no time in presenting my letter of introduction to Major Carbonnell.
I returned my thanks to Mr Masterton, and begged that he would convey my grateful acknowledgments to his lordship. As I walked home, I met a Captain Atkinson, a man of very doubtful character, whom, by the advice of Carbonnell, I had always kept at a distance. He had lost a large fortune by gambling, and having been pigeoned, had, as is usual, ended by becoming a rook.
In pursuance of my promise to Mr Masterton, I called upon Harcourt the next morning, and after stating my intention to go down for a day or two into the country to see a little girl who was under my care, I said to him, "Harcourt, as long as we were only town acquaintances, mixing in society, and under no peculiar obligation to each other, I did not think it worth while to undeceive you on a point in which Major Carbonnell was deceived himself, and has deceived others; but now that you have offered to introduce me into the bosom of your family, I cannot allow you to remain in error.
At this peremptory behaviour the tailor imagined that I must be somebody. "I will do my possible, sir, and if I can only get home in time to stop the workmen, I think it may be managed. Of course, you are aware of the expense of night work." "I am only aware of this, that if I give an order I am accustomed to have it obeyed; I learnt that from my poor friend, Major Carbonnell."
"Depend upon it, Carbonnell, I never will marry without fortune." "I did not know that I had schooled you so well: be it so it is but fair that you should expect it; and it shall be an item in the match, if I have anything to do with it." "But why are you so anxious that I should marry, Carbonnell?"
I have now entrance into the first circles. I can do without Major Carbonnell; at all events, I shall quit this hotel, and take furnished apartments, and live at the clubs. I know how to put him off." I laid the money on the salver, and desired Timothy to ring for the landlord, when who should come up but the Major and Harcourt.
Major Carbonnell, upon whom I cast a furtive eye more than once during the time that he was reading the letter, was a person of about thirty-five years of age, well-looking, but disfigured by the size of his whiskers, which advanced to the corners of his mouth, and met under his throat. He was tall and well made, and with an air of fashion about him that was undeniable.
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