"Where is Mr. Worth?" inquired the judge.
"He took a cup of coffee and went to the courthouse at the usual hour, sir," returned Powers, who was setting the coffee on the table.
"Humph! that hotly contested case of Cobham versus Hanley still in progress, I suppose," said the judge.
At this moment Sam entered the breakfast room and laid a card on the table before his master.
"Eh? 'Lieutenant Springald, U.S.A.' Who the mischief is he?" said the judge, reading the name on the card.
"The gentleman, sir, says he has called to see you on particular business," replied Sam.
"This is a pretty time to come on business! Show him up into my office, Sam."
The servant withdrew to obey.
The judge addressed himself to his breakfast, and the conversation turned upon the party of the preceding evening.
"I wonder what became of Burghe? He disappeared very early in the evening," said Judge Merlin.