Deede Dawson clapped him on the shoulder, and laughed.

"Good!" he cried. "Why, you're the man I've been looking for fora long time. The fact is, Rupert Dunsmore played me a nasty trickonce, and I want to clear accounts with him. Now, suppose I showhim to you - ?"

"You do that," said Dunn, and he repeated the oath he had swornbefore. "You show him to me, and I'll take care he never troublesany one again."

"That's the way I like to hear a man talk," cried Deede Dawson."Dunsmore has been away for a time on business I can make a guessat, but he is coming back soon. Should you know him if you sawhim?"

"Should I know him?" repeated Dunn contemptuously. "Should I knowmyself?"

"That's good," exclaimed Deede Dawson again. "By the way, perhaps youcan tell me, hasn't Lord Chobham a rather distant cousin, WalterDunsmore, living with him as secretary or something of the sort - quite a distant relative, I believe, though in the direct lineof succession?"

"Very likely," exclaimed Dunn indifferently. "I think so, but I don'tcare anything about the rest of them. It's only Rupert Dunsmore Ihave anythingagainst."

CHAPTER XIX