" What am I? An illegitimate son!" He suddenly blushed crimson, and it was plain that he had made a great effort to say this.

" Without a name and without means... And it really$JMR" But he did not say what "it really" was.

" For the present I am free and am all right.

Only I haven't the least idea what I am to do; I wanted to consult you seriously.

" Prince Andrew looked kindly at him, yet his glance--friendly and affectionate as it was--expressed a sense of his own superiority.