The Kingdom of the Blind

les had already been prepared with coffee and liqueurs. Geraldine Conyers and Captain Granet, who had

es to Selarne," she begged. "Your

the table at which Captain Granet and his companion were seated. Madam

m, "is wonderful. Is it in French alone, monsieur, t

d, "but I do speak several other languages.

oo?" she inquired w

pital in Berlin

l of whom desired to be presented to Madame Selarne. Major Thomson, set at liberty, made his way at once tow

o have coffee wit

d. "I shall have to be

the whole tray had slipped from the waiter's fingers, caught the corner of the table, and fallen with its contents on to the carpet. The waiter himself-a small, undersized person with black, startled eyes set at that moment in a fixed and unnatu

e fellow's in a f

ssion of horror that his clients should have been so disturbed, quickly gave his orders. The man was picked up and carried away. Major Thomson followed behind. Two or three waiters in a few seconds succeeded in removing the debris of th

dy Anselman remarked, as the man

ly wounded at the commencement of the wa

ared. "Please do not think anything more of the affair so far

d with a little bow. Gerald

at you must be very kind

and look

hy

any horrible sights-so m

he per

staggered back, a kind of horror almost. I am

lent for

little callous, but here it is different. The fellow did look gha

en Major Thomson

fit of abstraction had seized him. His head was tu

e remarked presently. "Is he a gr

ated for

wn him for

towards her quickly. His face had lost its good-humou

ertinent," he begged, "but

lder towards where Major Thomson, who had just re

been wounded and evidently subjected to great privations. His heart is very m

et, who had drawn for a moment apart and seemed to be

ed consciousnes

was the te

cause for his going of

y a hesitation. He was standing perfectly s

not quite clear about that.

Anselman. Granet looked after them with a slight

t a chaperon?" he asked. "And wh

selman

she te

t?" he insis

ooked at her ne

apid as it seemed, or she would have told you her secret-which, by-the-bye