shall see you again."

"You will probably find me a married man."

"Married!"

"Yes, I have been thinking of it."

"My dear Professor, let me congratulate you with
all my heart. I had no idea. Who is the lady?"

"Mrs. O'James is her name--a widow of the same
nationality as yourself. But to return to matters of
importance, I should be very happy to see the proofs
of your paper upon the vermiform appendix. I may be
able to furnish you with material for a footnote or
two."

"Your assistance will be invaluable to me," said
O'Brien, with enthusiasm, and the two men parted in
the hall. The Professor walked back into the dining-
room, where his sister was already seated at the
luncheon-table.

"I shall be married at the registrar's," he
remarked; "I should strongly recommend you to do
the same."

Professor Ainslie Grey was as good as his word.
A fortnight's cessation of his classes gave him an