'Order posthorses for to-morrow,' said his lordship.
'Where to, my lord?'
'I don't know; order the horses.'
Mr. Spalding again bowed and disappeared.
In a few minutes he heard a great stamping and confusion in his master's apartment, and presently the door opened and his master's voice was heard calling him repeatedly in a very irritable tone.
'Why are there no bells in this cursed room?' inquired Lord Cadurcis.
'The ropes are broken, my lord.'
'Why are they broken?'
'I can't say, my lord,'
'I cannot leave this house for a day but I find everything in confusion. Bring me some Burgundy.'