“That's his house then with the long windows at the top,” commented Larose, pointing to a high pagoda-like structure about half a mile away. “What a queer-looking place for a wealthy man, as he is said to be!”
“Yes, but he's a bachelor and lives there all by himself,” said the Admiral.
“What! no servants,” exclaimed Larose,
“Oh! yes, two,” was the reply, “but they live in another building, a hundred yards and more away behind those trees. He won't have them sleeping in the house. One's almost stone deaf and the other is a deaf-mute.” The Admiral chuckled. “Sir Parry's quite a woman-hater except for Lady Ardane.”
For half an hour and more Larose remained up in the tower, and when ultimately the two descended together he had almost as good an idea of the surrounding country as if he had
