She looked at him for a moment as he put the thing in plain language, and then burst into a passion of weeping.
"I can't bear any more, William," she said between her sobs. "Go now, but find him. Oh, find him!"
CHAPTER X
A MAN ABOUT TOWN PAYS A DEBT
The people in the luxurious smoking-room of the great Palace Hotel saw a pale, ascetic-looking and very distinguished man come in to the comfortable place and sit down upon a lounge.
"Do you know who that is?" one man whispered to another, flicking the ash off a cigar.
"No; who is he?" his companion answered.
"That's Sir William Gouldesbrough."
"Oh, the great scientific Johnny, you mean."