I am so sad sometimes to think that we
shall never see him again."
"I miss him more than any one," said the Major. "I have no one to
contradict me now."
"I shall have to take that duty upon me, then," said his wife. "Hark!
there is Lee come back from the sheep station. Yes, that must be his
horse. Call him in and give him a glass of grog. I was sorry to send
him out to-day."
"He is coming to make his report," said Mrs. Buckley; "there is his
heavy tramp outside the door."
The door was opened, and the new comer advanced to where the glare of
the candles fell full upon his face.
Had the Gentleman in Black himself advanced out of the darkness at that
moment, with his blue bag on his arm and his bundle of documents in his
hand, we should not have leapt to our feet and cried out more suddenly
than we did then. For Doctor Mulhaus stood in the middle of the room,
looking around him with a bland smile.
Chapter XXI
JIM STOCKBRIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE ANOTHER VIEW OF MATTERS.
He stood in the candle-light, smiling blandly, while we all stayed for
an instant, after our first exclamation, speechless with astonishment.
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