If we had to lose some one, it would have been a damned sight better if that young cub had got the bullet which killed poor Richardson.

Dick.

George Allerton?

Doctor.

He wouldn't have been much loss, would he?

Dick.

No, I'm afraid he wouldn't.

Doctor.

Mackenzie has been very patient with him. I wonder he didn't send him back to the coast months ago, when he sacked Macinnery.

Dick.