change in Denry's career was due to an enormous and complicated coincidence. On the following morning both Mrs. Codleyn and Denry were late for service at St. Luke's Church-Mrs. Codleyn by ac

a hurried walk. She waited partly to get her breath, and partly so that she might take advantage of a hymn or a psalm to gain her seat without attracting attention. If she had not been late, if she had not been

e, I must say!" she obser

eived that morning had startled her. And even the shadow of the sacred edifice did not prevent her from referrin

me, you know!" Den

is word if it was n't that I don't know who else I could trust to collect my rents. I 've

keep on collecting your

ou

said Denry. "The fact is, Mr. Dunca

simultaneous impulse, Mrs. Codleyn and Denry fell into the silen

idea of neat but shabby Denry and the mighty Duncalf not hitting it off together seemed excessively comic. If only Denry could have worn his dress-suit

d a half. Give me a free hand and see if I don't get better results than he did. And I 'll

rced Mrs. Codleyn with equal success. It was an idea that appealed to the reason, to the pocket, and

narrative! Even the text of the recto

E. H. Machin, Rent Collector, and Estate Agent." There was also an inch adve