" Mr Eiohard Bede."

" I am glad to see Mr Richard Bede, and I hope that he will oxouse tea not being ready." "I am only too delighted to have the chance of looking round this delightful old plaoe," replied Mr Eichard Bede, with a polite bow. His words, which he felt were awkwardly delivered, sprang from a mental experience that was half displeasure and half fear, and he wondered If his features betrayed any sign of what was passing in his mind.
