IS A VERY SHORT ONE, AND MAY APPEAR OF NO GREAT IMPORTANCE

IN ITS PLACE, BUT IT SHOULD BE READ NOTWITHSTANDING,

AS A SEQUEL TO THE LAST, AND A KEY TO ONE THAT WILL FOLLOW

WHEN ITS TIME ARRIVES

‘And so you are resolved to be my travelling companion this morning; eh?’ said the doctor, as Harry Maylie joined him and Oliver at the breakfast-table. ‘Why, you are not in the same mind or intention two half-hours together!’

‘You will tell me a different tale one of these days,’ said Harry, colouring without any perceptible reason.

‘I hope I may have good cause to do so,’ replied Mr. Losberne; ‘though I confess I don’t