"Was it, sir? Yes, I remember. She went in the Proserpine."
General Rolleston knitted his brows in silence for some time; then he said, "I'll set the detectives on his track."
"Not to punish him, general. We do not want him punished."
"To punish him, protect him, or avenge him, as the case may require," was the reply, uttered very gravely.
Mr. White took his leave. General Rolleston rang the bell, and directed his servant to go for Hexham, the detective.
He then rang the bell again, and sent for Sarah Wilson. He put some searching questions to this woman; and his interrogatory had hardly concluded when Hexham was announced. General Rolleston dismissed the girl, and, looking now very grave indeed, asked the detective whether he remembered James Seaton.
"That I do, sir."
"He has levanted."
"Taken much, sir?"
"Not a shilling."