Book 2

, chap. ix.]

[Illustration: "DESPATCH THEN! ACHIEVE THEN! BRING MR. FLINTWINCH! ANNOUNCE ME TO MY LADY!" CRIED THE STRANGER, CLANKING ABOUT THE STONE FLOOR. "PRAY TELL ME, AFFERY," SAID ARTHUR ALOUD AND STERNLY, AS HE SURVEYED HIM FROM HEAD TO FOOT WITH INDIGNATION, "WHO IS THIS GENTLEMAN?"--