you propose to do with him?"

"I have no proposition to make," said Marston, drily. "It is no affair of
mine, except that the body may be removed without more delay. I have no
suggestion to offer."

"H----'s notion was to have him buried as near the spot as may be,"
said Skelton.

Marston nodded.

"There is a kind of vault, is not there, in the demesne, a family
burial-place?" inquired the visitor.

"Yes, sir," replied Marston, curtly.

"Well?" drawled Skelton.

"Well, sir, what then?" responded Marston.

"Why, as the wish of the parties is to have him buried--poor fellow!--as
quietly as possible, I think he might just as well be laid there as
anywhere else!"

"Had I desired it, Mr. Skelton, I should myself have made the offer,"
said Marston, abruptly.

"Then you don't wish it?" said Skelton.

"No, sir; certainly not--most peremptorily not," answered Marston, with