"Very well then, go alone."
"I cannot go alone. In the condition which I am now in, a complete vacuum in all my thoughts may occur, and long before I reach the Court I may forget where I am going."
"That is possible."
"Then, Rumsey, will you come with me?"
The doctor thought a moment. "I'll go with you this evening," he said, "but I must return to town early to-morrow."
"Thanks," said Awdrey. "I'll ring the bell. We shall be in time, if we start at once, to catch the five o'clock train."
"Remember, Awdrey, that I shall treat you as the child's father. You will find all your tenantry in a state of poignant grief. That dear little fellow was much loved."
Awdrey pursed up his lips as if he would whistle. A smile dawned in his eyes and vanished.