over
to the divan and shook the sleeping man by the shoulders.

"Come, lazy-bones!" he said, with a laugh. "You've slept over twelve
hours. That will do--even for a nervous wreck."

Cavendish opened his swollen eyes slowly, looked at him, and then closed
them again with a murmured "Oh, God!" which was like a groan.

To this the Lieutenant-Governor paid no heed. Passing into the bathroom,
he turned on the cold water in the tub, poured a half glass of vichy
from a syphon, and then returned, carrying the tumbler in his hand.
Cavendish had raised himself on one elbow, and was looking stupidly
about the room.

"Here you are," said Barclay cheerfully. "Stow this pill, and here's
vichy to wash it down. Your bath's running. By the time you've had it,
there'll be some clothes ready for you."

Cavendish gulped down the tablet, and sat upright.

"Last night"--he faltered.

For the first time in his life, the Lieutenant-Governor called him by
his first name.

"Last night, Spencer," he said, looking him fairly in the eye, "belongs
to the past, and is taboo. I won't hear a word about it. This is to-day.
Get up, and we'll set about putting wrong right. You're a man again.
Don't forget that. And I'm your friend. Don't forget that, either."

His hand rested for an instant on the other's shoulder with a firm
pressure, and then he passed into his bedroom and shut the door.

They had lunch together in the dining-room of the "Rockingham," and then
went up again to Barclay's rooms. At the door, Cavendish came to a halt.

"I can't stand this," he said.

"You'll have to," replied the Lieutenant-Governor, "so shut up!"

"You've made a change," said Cavendish obstinately, pointing to the
curtained cupboard.

Barclay's eyes did not follow the gesture.

"So have you!" he answered. "Now, look here. There are twenty dollars in
the waistcoat of that suit, and a letter to Payson of the 'Kenton City
Sentinel.' Go down and see him this afternoon, and I think he'll give
you a job at reporting, which will fix you up for the present. In
another pocket you'll find a box, with three tablets like the one you
had before lunch. Take one of them every two hours. In still another
pocket there's a key to these rooms. I'm going to be busy till about ten
o'clock, so you'll have to shift for yourself. Make yourself at home,
and if you're awake I'll see you when I come in."

Taking him suddenly by the shoulders, he twisted him about, facing the
ch