"'"De Montmorency knocked at the glass, and the driver drew it up. De Montmorency said to the man on the pathway:
"'"Mr. Belmore ill, did you say?"
"'"Yes, sir; taken suddenly ill."
"'De Montmorency leaped out, crying:
"'"Jump in, jump in! I'll run up and see him."
"'When he reached the room where Mr. Jackson and his partner stood, he found Belmore lying on a couch deadly white.
"'"Mr. de Montmorency, this is my partner, Mr. Connington. Mr. Connington, this is Mr. de Montmorency, a friend of his Grace."
"'"His Grace be----!" said De Montmorency. "I am a friend of Mr. Belmore. What's the matter with him?"
"'"His Grace the Duke of Fenwick has fainted upon hearing the honours and wealth that have suddenly come upon him.'*
"'"And who, in the name of Heaven, is His Grace the Duke of Fenwick?"