"Two gentlemen told me just now," the man on the ground groaned, "that if I stayed here for a couple of hours--they would pass by again and guarantee to cure me. I reckoned there was no cure for Bright's Disease, when it is chronic, like it is in my case; but they laughed, and said, 'We can--or at least--shall be able to cure anything.'" "What were the two gentlemen like?" Kelson asked. "How could I tell?" the man moaned. "I couldn't see their faces any more than I can see yours--but they talked like you. Twang--twang-- twang--all through their noses." "Sounds as if it might be Hamar and Curtis," Kelson remarked. "That's it!" the man ejaculated. "'Amar. I heard the other fellow call him by that name." "How long ago is it since they were here?" Kelson asked. "I can't say, perhaps ten minutes. I've lost count of time and everything else, since I've slept out here. They talked of going to the Serpentine." "We had better try and find them," Kelson said. "If you had the money couldn't you get shelter for the night," Lilian Rosenberg said. "It must be awful to lie out here in the cold, feeling ill and hungry." "I dare say some place would take me in," the man muttered, "only I couldn't walk--at least no distance." "Well! here's five shillings," Lilian Rosenberg said, "put it somewhere safe--and try and hobble to the gates. If they haven't closed them, you will be all right." "Five shillings!" the man gasped; "that's--it's no good--I can't count. I've no head now. Thank you, missy! God bless you. I'll get something hot--something to stifle the pain." He struggled on to his knees, and Lilian Rosenberg helped him to rise. "How could you be so foolish as to touch him," Kelson said, as they started off down a path, they hoped would take them to the Serpentine. "You may depend upon it, he was swarming with vermin--tramps always are." "Very probably, but I run just as much risk in a 'bus, the twopenny tube, or a cinematograph show. Besides, I can't see a human being helpless without offering help. Listen! there's some one else groaning! The Park is full of groans."