ROGER

"To be sure. And you will see your father. But I don't heave such portentous sighs at the thought."

ROGER HAMLEY'S CONFESSION.

"I may come to the hall as I go back home?"

"I have not the least objection in life. If there is such a love affair, put a stop to it—that is, if you have the power."

"He fears that you are too weak, you know: he thinks that you should not be allowed to talk."

The first time he crossed the Atlantic he had just made the first little strike in oil, and he was so young he did not like to ask questions.

"The agency can be proved, Sir Roger," said Mr Closerstil, shaking his head. And then there was nothing further to be said on the matter.

"Not in the least," said the doctor very complacently. "Not in the least. Fillgrave will do as much good as I can do you."

"So be it; give me your hand, at any rate, before I go. I wish you well through it, and when you are well, I'll come and see you."