CHAPTER XVI. 



HUMPHRIES REAPPEARS. 



I PROMISED, in an earlier part of this 

 work, to relate something more about 

 Humphries, and although he was my brother 

 in law I must say he was an out and out 

 scoundrel. It was no use doing the man a 

 good turn, he only rounded on you for it ; 

 he seemed constitutionally incapable of keeping 

 straight. 



He got a place at the Revd. England's, 

 Ellsborough, New Aylesbury, Bucks, and he 

 told me that he had everything on his hands, 

 there. He was gardener and bailiff rolled 



