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"You may breakfast when you like, sir,"-and thus

admonished I went into the refectory

A newspaper lay at o daily I was, then, not wholly out of

the world, I reflected, scanning the head-lines

"Your grandfather rarely examined the paper Mr

Glenarm was more particularly interested in the old

tiht call up to date,-if

you will pardon the expression, sir"

"You are quite right about that, Bates He was a

medievalist in his sympathies"

"Thank you for that word, sir; I've frequently heard

hireat

favorite with your grandfather I hope it is to your liking,

sir"

"It's excellent, Bates And your coffee is beyond

praise"

"Thank you, Mr Glenarm One does what one can,

sir"

He had placed me so that I faced the s, an

attention to my comfort and safety which I appreciated

The broken pane told the tale of the shot that had so

narrowly ht before

"I'll repair that to-day, sir," Bates re

my eyes upon the

"You know that I'm to spend a year on this place;

I assu it wise that we should understand each

other

"Quite so, Mr Glenarm"

"I'm a student, you know, and all I want is to be left