"Fellow, my lud?"

"Mr. Dalroyd."

"I so did, sir—same being in the act o' scaling wall—taking my lady's garden by escalade as ye might say."

"'Twas Dalroyd, you're—quite sure, Zeb?"

"If 'twasn't—'twere a ghost sir."

"What d'ye mean?"

"The ghost of an officer of Ogle's as his honour killed in Flanders in a duel, Master Tom."

"Ah!" said the Viscount thoughtfully. "A duel!"

"Aye, sir, only this man's name were Effingham."

"A duel!" repeated the Viscount. "'Twas over a woman of course?"