"It is difficult!" said I.
"It is likely enough, you see. What should bring him so far westward, if he hadn't some object? He was either wandering from or to his home, depend upon it, when the gypsies found him. If Belton be his home, his frequent repetition of the word was natural enough. Eh, don't you see it?"
"Certainly," said I.
"Very well; then, what's to be done?"
"I cannot tell," I answered.
The doctor rung the bell.
"Is Robin up yet?" he asked, when Williams came in to answer it.
"He is, sir."
"And the man?"
"Both, sir. They have just done breakfast."