'There'll
very soon be an end of this as far as you are concerned,' said Mr
Lupton to him one evening as they were sitting in the smoking-room
after dinner.
'The sooner the better as far as this place is concerned.'
'This place is as good as any other. For the matter of that I like
the Beargarden since we got rid of two or three not very charming
characters.'
'You mean my poor friend Tifto,' said Silverbridge.
'No;--I was not thinking of Tifto. There were one or two here who
were quite as bad as Tifto. I wonder what has become of that poor
devil?'
'I don't know in the least. You heard of that row about the
hounds?'
'And his letter to you.'
'He wrote to me,--and I answered him, as you know. But whither he
vanished or what he is doing, or how he is living, I have not the
least idea.'
'Gone to join those other fellows abroad I should say. Among them
they got a lot of money,--as the Duke ought to remember.'
'He is not with them,' said Silverbridge, as though he were in
some degree mourning over the fate of his unfortunate friend.
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