"And pray how is the Major?"
"Ha'n't you just seen him mam?"
"Indeed, but he—he vanished before I could speak a word, Sergeant."
"Zounds!" murmured the Sergeant.
"What d'you say, Sergeant Zebedee?
"Why my lady, 'tis his coat I'm after——"
"Coat?" repeated my lady.
"Aye mam, his Ramillie coat, sent me here for same——"
"I don't see it, do you, Sergeant?"
"Why no, my lady, I don't! But he says he left same here and——"