"She is much better, thank you," he said, "but I forgot her medicine," and he hastened from the room.
"How long have you known the Adjutant?" asked the Chief.
"Only recently," replied the doctor.
"I have known him for years," replied Mr. Papineau. "I knew him when he was a young lieutenant in the Citadel. He sold his commission, went abroad, and returned a few years ago with his pockets full of money, purchased an adjutancy, and he has been regarded by the weaker sex as one of the greatest catches in Quebec."
In less than half an hour Adjutant and Mrs. Randall were seen driving down towards the docks, where they took passage in a vessel bound for Liverpool.
CHAPTER XXI.
A DINNER AT RIDEAU HALL IN THE THIRTIES.
1837.
Mr. and Mrs. George Morrison and the aged Chief were among the guests at a small dinner party given by the "Laird of Bytown," the Hon. Thomas MacKay, at his new residence, Rideau Hall, in honor of John McTaggart, C.E., who had returned to the New World to visit old friends.