Are you certain you never saw that photograph of poor Heseltine, when looking over my book ?" "I am quite positive I never saw it, for I never looked into your book ; in fact I never knew you had one in your room. I am equally certain I never saw anyone like the figure I met in the hall, for it impressed me deeply. Had F seen him or his picture before, I must have remem bered it. What time shall you be back to-night ?" " I find there is a train which will bring me to Charing Cross at 10.35. If it is m decent time 1 ought to be here by eleven o'clock. I suppose you won't care to be inside alone. Will you meet me at the door, say at eleven, sharp ?" I reflected a few minutes. " I don't wish to lay claim to any extra ordinary amount of pluck," 1 said, " and if I consulted my inclination, I should pronose to meet you at the door ; but really, even after all that has occurred, it seems to me too absurd to think that I should be afraid to enter the house for fenr of ghosts. If it is really a super natural appearance, which 1 can hardly bring myself to believe, it is sent with some object, and 1 don't see why one should shirk it. I shall employ myself in my room until you come, and when you knock I will let you in. We can keep a light burning in the hall. " " You need not take the trouble to come down ; I can let myself in with the latch key. It's as well to mention this," he added, with a feehle smile, " for if I came upon you unawares, you might take me for the ghost, and do me some bodily injury." " No fear of that, old man ; you are not a bit alike, so you may consider yourself safe for the present. Well, then, at eleven, or thereabout, I shall look for you. Be as early as you can," I added. " Trust me for that ; at present my | feeling is one of intonee curiosity. 