“My dear colonel, I have no feeling against the man,” Lord Romfrey replied. “I spoke to him when I saw him yesterday. I bear no grudges. Where is he? You can send to her to say I have spoken to him twice.”
“Yes, yes,” the colonel assented.
He could not imagine that Lady Romfrey required more of her husband. “Well, I must be off. I leave Blackburn Tuckham here, with a friend of his; a man who seems to be very sweet with Mrs. Wardour-Devereux.”
“Ha! Fetch him to me, colonel; I beg you to do that,” said Lord Romfrey.
The colonel brought out Lydiard to the earl.
“You have been at my nephew’s bedside, Mr. Lydiard?”
“Within ten minutes, my lord.”
“What is your opinion of the case?”
“My opinion is, the chances are in his favour.”
“Lay me under obligation by communicating that to Romfrey Castle at the first opening of the telegraph office to-morrow morning.”