Chapter 22: A Telegram and Sundries

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​⁠The twelve-year-old son of Mr. Glew, who, in the intervals of school and expiating the inevitable offenses of youth, was utilized to carry telegrams, came whistling up the drive of The Quiet House. He rang the bell, and in the fulness of time the summons was answered by a man servant who had been engaged the day before. He was called Jones. "Hello! young cock-sparrow!" said Jones cheerfully. "Brou