"And no one there knows me. They will never suspect
for an instant."

His lordship assumed a look that would have been
serious, almost impressive, had he first removed his eye-
glass. Evidently some weighty consideration had occurred
to him.

"You are an awfully clever chap, Essington," he
said, "and deuced superior to most fellows, and--er--all
that kind of thing. But--well--you don't mind my
saying it?"

"My morals? My appearance? Say anything you
like, my dear fellow."

"It's only this, that noblesse oblige, and that kind of
thing, you know."

"I am afraid I don't quite follow."

"Well, I mean that you aren't a nobleman, and do
you think you could carry things off like a--ah--like
a Tulliwuddle?"

Essington remained entirely serious.

"I shall have at my elbow an adviser whose knowledge
of the highest society in Europe is, without exaggeration,
unequalled. Your perfectly natural doubts