"Anything happened?" asked Jack.
"Oh! no, but I want you to be upon your guard."
"What for?"
"Near the grand stand, I saw that Italian ruffian Bambino, whom Lord Maltravers hired to kill you."
Jack smiled incredulously.
"My dear fellow," he replied, "it is evident to me that you have got Bambino on the brain."
"I can trust my eyes, I suppose," answered Harvey, a little petulantly.
"Not in this case. You have seen a man who resembles Bambino, that is all."
"And I distinctly assert it is the assassin himself."
"Bosh!"