ings," protested Edith. "Is there
any news of Monsieur and Madame Dubois, and the fat man Gros Jean?"

"You will receive some in the drawing-room, Lady Fairholme," said Brett;
and not another word of explanation would he give until dinner was
ended.

In the drawing-room her ladyship was delighted to find a splendid
cockatoo, magnificent in size and white as snow, save for the brilliant
red crest which he elevated when they all crowded round his handsome
cage.

"The happy couple in the Argentine sent him to me to be presented to you
on your return," explained the barrister. "He is named 'Le Prophete,'
and he talks beautifully--indeed, his language is most emphatic, but it
is all French."

"What a darling!" cried Edith. "I do wish he would say something. _Cher
Prophete, parlez avec moi!_"

And immediately the cockatoo stretched his wings and screamed--

"_Vive Mahomet! Vive le Sultan! A bas les Grecs! a bas! a bas!_"

FINIS

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