"Nothing, my lord."
"Then take what money you want and be off," returned Lord Maltravers.
That night Bambino was on his way to Liverpool, from which port the steamer started.
[CHAPTER IV.]
ADÉLE.
Lord Maltravers was reading a book when the door opened and a beautiful girl with long silky dark hair entered the room.
Her face was sad, and there were traces of tears on her pale cheeks.
Springing forward, she threw herself on her knees before him, and seizing his hand, which she covered with kisses, exclaimed, in pathetic tones, "Oh! Arthur, at last I have found you."
"Adéle!" he said, while a hectic flush mantled his cheek.