"Good God!" he cried, "you here!"
"Confusion!" said Mortimer; "are you Dr.—— Dr.——"
"Chillingworth."
"The same. Hush! there is no occasion to betray—that is, to state my secret."
"And mine, too," said Chillingworth. "But what brings you here?"
"I cannot and dare not tell you. Farewell!"
He turned abruptly, and was leaving the room; but he ran against some one at the entrance, and in another moment Henry Bannerworth, heated and almost breathless by evident haste, made his appearance.
"Hilloa! bravo!" cried the admiral; "the more the merrier! Here's a combined squadron! Why, how came you here, Mr. Henry Bannerworth?"
"Bannerworth!" said Mortimer; "is that young man's name Bannerworth?"
"Yes," said Henry. "Do you know me, sir?"