. Octagon will go to the States with that young cub, and you can
make Miss Saxon Lady Caranby. It is good of you giving me a reward. I
can now marry Peggy."

"We all seem to be bent on marriage," said Mallow, rising to take his
leave. "How's the shoulder?"

"All right," said the detective, "and it's worth the wound to have
Peggy nursing me. She is the dearest--"

"No, pardon me," said Cuthbert, "by no means. Juliet is the dearest
girl in the wide world," and he departed laughing.

Needless to say, under the careful supervision of Jennings, all scandal
was averted. The gang with Clancy at its head were sentenced to years
of imprisonment, likely to put a stop to all pranks. Maraquito was
buried quietly and Mallow erected a gravestone to her, in spite of her
wicked designs against Juliet. In six months Jennings married Peggy
and took a house at Gunnersbury, where Peggy and he live in the
congenial company of Le Beau, who has become quite reconciled to
Jennings' profession. The old professor teaches dancing to the
children of the neighborhood. Susan Grant also married her baker, and
the two now possess one of the finest shops in Stepney. Mrs. Octagon
went to America almost immediately. She managed to keep the six
thousand a year, in spite of Jennings. No one knows how she managed to
do this, but envious people hinted at Government influence. However,
with Basil she departed to the States, as she confessed to being weary
of constant triumphs in England. Mrs. Octagon now has a literary salon
in Boston, and is regarded as one of the leading spirits of the age.
Basil married an heiress. Peter, weary of playing the part of husband
to a celebrity, remained in England but not in London. He sold the
"Shrine of the Muses" and took a cottage on an estate in Kent belonging
to Lord Caranby. Here he cultivates flowers and calls frequently on
his step-daughter and her husband, when they are in the neighborhood.
Peter never knew the true history of his wife. He always refers to Mrs.
Octagon with respect, but shows no disposition to join her in America.
Peter has had quite enough of sham art and sham enthusiasm.

And Cuthbert was married to Juliet within the year. The wedding was
quiet on account of his uncle's death, and then Lord Caranby took his
bride for a tour round the world. To this day Lady Caranby believes
that Maraquito murdered Miss Loach, and knows also from newspaper
reports that the pretended aunt was