Chapter 24 No.24

An Old Portrait

Sir Bale-whom some remembered a gay and convivial man, not to say a profligate one-had grown to be a very gloomy man indeed. There was something weighing upon his mind; and I daresay some of the good gossips of Golden Friars, had there been any materials for such a case, would have believed that Sir Bale had murdered Philip Feltr