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"Aha!" said the Baron. "Ve vill gom and see, eh?" A carefully clothed young man, with an eyeglass and a wavering gait, walked slowly out of Euston Station. He had just seen the Scottish express depart, and this event seemed to have filled him with dubious reflections. In fact, at the very last moment Lord Tulliwuddle's confidence in his two friends had been a trifling degree disturbed.
It is somewhere near Lord Tulliwuddle's place Hech Hech Hech-something-or-other Castle. He was very well acquainted with the last Tulliwuddle." "Oh," said Alicia indifferently, "I am not really interested. It was mere idle curiosity." For the greater part of twenty-four hours she kept this mystery locked within her heart, till at last she could contain it no longer.
"But er ONCE?" repeated the Count, as if bewildered by the past tense implied; though to himself he murmured "I knew it!" "When I gave my sanction to Lord Tulliwuddle's proposition, I did so under the impression that I was doing a deal with a man, sir, of integrity and honor. But what do I find?" "Yes, what?" thundered Ri. "I find, sir, that his darned my-lordship and be damned to his titles "
No offence, I am certain, was intended; erroneous information a little hastiness in jumping to conclusions a sensitive nature wounded by the least insinuation such were the unfortunate causes of Tulliwuddle's excusable reticence. Believe me, if you knew all, your opinion of him would alter very, very considerably!" The perfectly accurate peroration to this statement produced an immediate effect.
"I am flattered, but hardly convinced. Tulliwuddle's intellect is scarcely of the sparkling kind. However, come and try."
This stage direction being obeyed, the most effective tableau conceivable was presented, and the climax was reached when the Count, after a brief dumb-show intended to indicate how vain were Lord Tulliwuddle's efforts to master his emotion, spoke these words in the most thrilling accents he could muster: "Fair ladies and brave men of Hechnahoul!
Gallosh, if I were in Tulliwuddle's shoes I can only say that I should consider myself a highly fortunate individual; and I do sincerely believe that that is his own conviction also." "You think so?" "I do indeed." Though sensibly relieved, Mr.
"I am sure that Lord Tulliwuddle will never forgive me if I fail to learn the names of any visitors who have honored him to-day." "Mine," said the girl, her color rising slightly, but her glance as kind as ever, "is Julia Wallingford. This is my friend Miss Minchell." The Count bowed. "And may I introduce myself as a friend of Tulliwuddle's, answering to the name of Count Bunker."
"And the pines, I suppose, you brought from a neighboring wood?" said the Count, patriotically endeavoring not to look too dumbfoundered. "No, sir. Lord Tulliwuddle's factor was too slow for me said he must consult his lordship before removing the timber on the estate.
"That is, in fact, the chief cause of Tulliwuddle's curious moodiness ever since he succeeded to the title. He feels his responsibilities a little too acutely." Again Mr. Gallosh ruminated, while his guest from the corner of his eye surveyed him shrewdly. "My forecast was wonderfully accurate," he said to himself. The silence was first broken by Mr. Gallosh. As if thinking aloud, he remarked
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