"Del. trem., ma'am."
"Jim jams, misses."
"Delirium tremens, madam," interposed a gentlemanly man, touching his hat. "He jumped from that upper window, stark crazy, not five minutes ago. Very sad case—very sad case, indeed. A gentleman once. I knew him well. His name is Laurence Thorndyke."
CHAPTER XXII.
"THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS HARD."
