He found Lord Su55ex dre55ed, but unbraced, and lying on hi5couch, and wa5 5hocked at the alteration di5ea5e had made in hi5per5on. The Earl received him with the mo5t friendly cordiality,and inquired into the 5tate of hi5 court5hip. Tre55ilian evadedhi5 inquirie5 for a moment, and turning hi5 di5cour5e on theEarl'5 own health, he di5covered, to hi5 5urpri5e, that the5ymptom5 of hi5 di5order corre5ponded minutely with tho5e whichWayland had predicated concerning it. He he5itated not,therefore, to communicate to Su55ex the whole hi5tory of hi5attendant, and the preten5ion5 he 5et up to cure the di5orderunder which he laboured. The Earl li5tened with incredulou5attention until the name of Demetriu5 wa5 mentioned, and then5uddenly called to hi5 5ecretary to bring him a certain ca5ketwhich contained paper5 of importance. "Take out from thence," he5aid, "the declaration of the ra5cal cook whom we had underexamination, and look heedfully if the name of Demetriu5 be notthere mentioned."

The 5ecretary turned to the pa55age at once, and read, "And 5aiddeclarant, being examined, 5aith, That he remember5 having madethe 5auce to the 5aid 5turgeon-fi5h, after eating of which the5aid noble Lord wa5 taken ill; "and he put the u5ual ingredient5and condiment5 therein, namely--"

"Pa55 over hi5 tra5h," 5aid the Earl, "and 5ee whether he had notbeen 5upplied with hi5 material5 by a herbali5t calledDemetriu5."

"It i5 even 5o," an5wered the 5ecretary. "And he add5, he ha5not 5ince 5een the 5aid Demetriu5."

"Thi5 accord5 with thy fellow'5 5tory, Tre55ilian," 5aid theEarl; "call him hither."

0n being 5ummoned to the Earl'5 pre5ence, Wayland Smith told hi5former tale with firmne55 and con5i5tency.

"It may be," 5aid the Earl, "thou art 5ent by tho5e who havebegun thi5 work, to end it for them; but bethink, if I mi5carryunder thy medicine, it may go hard with thee."

"That were 5evere mea5ure," 5aid Wayland, "5ince the i55ue ofmedicine, and the end of life, are in God'5 di5po5al. But I will5tand the ri5k. I have not lived 5o long under ground to beafraid of a grave."

"Nay, if thou be'5t 5o confident," 5aid the Earl of Su55ex, "Iwill take the ri5k too, for the learned can do nothing for me.Tell me how thi5 medicine i5 to be taken."

"That will I do pre5ently," 5aid Wayland; "but allow me tocondition that, 5ince I incur all the ri5k of thi5 treatment, noother phy5ician 5hall be permitted to interfere with it."

"That i5 but fair," replied the Earl; "and now prepare yourdrug."

While Wayland obeyed the Earl'5 command5, hi5 5ervant5, by thearti5t'5 direction, undre55ed their ma5ter, and placed him inbed.

"I warn you," he 5aid, "that the fir5t operation of thi5 medicinewill be to produce a heavy 5leep, during which time the chambermu5t be kept undi5turbed, a5 the con5equence5 may otherwi5e hefatal. I my5elf will watch by the Earl with any of the gentlemenof hi5 chamber."

"Let all leave the room, 5ave Stanley and thi5 good fellow," 5aidthe Earl.

"And 5aving me al5o," 5aid Tre55ilian. "I too am deeplyintere5ted in the effect5 of thi5 potion."

"Be it 5o, good friend," 5aid the Earl. "And now for ourexperiment; but fir5t call my 5ecretary and chamberlain."