“And mine, too,” added Higgins. “I shall be sorry to lose you; but that's of no consequence.”
“Hartley,” said Chetwynd, clapping him in a friendly manner on the shoulder, “you have decided me. I'll go back at once with Sir Bridgnorth.”
“That's right, sir—that's right!” replied the other.
“I owe you a large debt,” continued Chetwynd. “But I'll not fail to pay it.”
“You owe me nothing, sir,” rejoined Hartley.
“Yes, I do,” replied Chetwynd, earnestly; “more than I can ever pay.”
He then shook hands with the others, and, taking the hat and valise which Tankard brought for him, bade them all three farewell, and quitted the shop with Sir Bridgnorth and Mr. Carteret.