It immediately disappeared like magic in his vest. He turned, with a grin, to his employer, and said——
“It shall be done, sir.”
“At once,” urged Grahame, quickly; “it is essential that no time should be lost. I should go, if I were you, by the earliest train to-morrow morning.”
“All right, sir. You’ll hear of it afore the week’s out in the papers.”
“My best friend. How deeply I shall stand indebted to you.”
“Yes,” thought Chewkle, “rayther deeper than you imagines, I think.”
But he said aloud—
“Let me see: I’m supposed to be at Liverpool, which is a good thing, for even old Gummy won’t suspect my being at Harleydale, and I shall quietly watch for the old man taking his evening walk—the last p’rambulation on earth for ’im, at all events.”
Mr. Grahame shuddered.
He felt anxious to get rid of his villainous companion.