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"Eh, sir!" he exclai,

"are ye blind, I say are ye blind and deaf? Didn't you hear her

Grace hailing you? Didn't ye seeto'?"

"No, sir," answered Barnabas, grasping the proffered hand

"Oho!" said the Captain, surveying Barnabas froot 'em on, I see, and vastly different you look in your

fine feathers But you can sink me,--I say you can scuttle and sink

your

name with as many unnecessary letters, and twirls, and flourishes as

you can clap in, nowadays, I'll warrant"

"Jack Chu thitherward, Barnabas beheld the Duchess seated at a small

table beneath a shady tree, and further screened by a tall hedge; a

secluded corner, far re, albeit aas it did a

wide view of lawns and terraces "As for you, Mr Beverley,"

continued the Duchess, with hera

seat--here, beside me,--and help the Captain to amuse me"

"Madam," said Barnabas, his bow very solemn and very deep, "I am

about to leave, and--with your permission--I--"

"You have my permission to--sit here beside me, sir So! A dish of

tea? No? Ah, well--ere just talking of you; the Captain was

describing how he first ate-post, ate-post,--I say, an accurs--a confoundedly rotten old