Dick laughed outright.

“What are your hours?” he asked. “When does Miss Hudson visit the sick-bed?”

“If you must know,” I replied, “she has had the kindness to visit me every morning; also in the evening.”

“Then Teddy has the afternoons,” said he.

“But he has been hunting.”

“He comes home after lunch, I notice,” laughed Dick.

“I became angry.

“Do you mean that Miss Hudson—”

“Is an incorrigible flirt? Yes,” said he.

“Shafthead, you go too far!” I cried.