Will Warburton

double fare, flung on to his shoulder a heavy bag and ran up, two steps at a stride, to a flat on the fourth floor of the many-tenanted

t you

Hopper! How are y

passage, and cordially g

y hungry. Give me thre

nt wrappers, and read with now an ejaculation of pleasure, now a grunt of disgust, and again a mirthful half roar. Then, dinner-the feeding of a famished man of robust appetite and digestion, a man three or four years on the green s

into a deep chair, and began lighting his pipe. "What's the new

n, when I was here cleaning. He was very glad to hear y

What

is place at Boxon's a few days ago. I don't exac'ly know how it happene

fore nine to-morrow

ure it's very ki

t el

can think of j

l in her mind; but his pipe being well lit, and a pleasant lassitude creepi

oom. Warburton was aware of it with half-closed eyes; he wished to stir himself, and look forth, but languor held his limbs, and wreathing tobacco-smoke kept his thoughts among the mountains. He might have quite dozed off had not

, I'm sorry to say," w

ensi

plates, I'm so

at's no

shall make th

't there pl

enough-just

moderate aptitude for plain cooking. A glance about this room would have proved to any visitor that Mrs. Hopper's ideas of cleanliness were by no means rigid, her master had made himself to a certain extent responsible for this defect; he paid little attention to dust, provided that things were in their wonted order. Mrs.

she pursued. "I daresay it's because I hav

's t

orst headaches-the extra special, we call 'em. This time it's lasted mo

imate friend. Change of air and repose were obvious remedies; no less obviously, these

go to?" asked Warburton, adding care

or and jamb. Her head was bent in an abashed way, and when she

Southend, sir, where we used to g

Southend would do; if not, which place would. And

per to interpret this advic

er-Mrs. Allchin?" Warb

week. I hope you'll excuse me, sir, for all this bad news just when you come back

umed him to be despondent in view of the resumption of daily work. He was beginning t

t's Mr.

ran to admit