"Sir?" said the Sergeant advancing three paces and coming to attention.
"Are there any—er—strangers in the village?"
"Last time I chanced to drop into the 'George and Dragon' there was a round dozen gentlemen a-staying there, sir."
"Young gentlemen?"
"Aye, sir, them as I ob-served was, and very fine young gents too—almost as fine as their lackeys, sir."
"A dozen of 'em, Zebedee!"
The Major rubbed his chin again and frowned slightly.
"Then my nephew will make the thirteenth. Tell Mrs. Agatha to have a chamber ready for him to-night."
"The Viscount a-comin' here, sir? Always thought same couldn't abide country!"
"He hath changed his mind it seems or——"