across to the other table, Mr Longestaffe’s table, and pulled the handle of one of the drawers.  It opened;—­and then, without touching the contents, he again closed it.  He then knelt down and examined the lock, and the hole above into which the bolt of the lock ran.  Having done this he again closed the drawer, drew back the bolt of the door, and, seating himself at his own desk, rang the bell which was close to hand.  The servant found him writing letters after his usual hurried fashion, and was told that he was ready for breakfast.  He always breakfasted alone with a heap of newspapers around him, and so he did on this day.  He soon found the paragraph alluding to himself in the ‘Pulpit,’ and read it without a quiver in his...