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340 Bush to rissoles and a pair of soles, fried or boiled as you prefer?"

"But where is Mr. Saltren? I ought to see him."

"He will not show his face again. He is at the present moment like blancmange from which the isinglass has been omitted, in a condition of mental and moral imbecility."

A tap at the door, and without waiting for an answer Giles Inglett Saltren entered, erect, with firm step, and a resolute face.