“That’s praising him,” said Sir Gordon. “Do the people seem to trust him?”
“Oh! certainly.”
“More praise. But do they approve of his way of living? Hasn’t he a lot of debts in the town?”
Bayle was silent.
“Ah! that pinches. Well, now does not that seem strange?”
“I know nothing whatever of Mr Hallam’s private affairs. He may perhaps have lost his own money, and his indebtedness be due to his endeavours to recoup himself.”
“Yes,” said Sir Gordon, dryly. “What a lovely day!”
“It is delightful,” said the curate, with a sigh of relief, as they turned back.
“I was going to start to-morrow for a run up the Norway fiords.”
“Indeed; so soon?”