ON THE LADDER OF LIFE. 67

‘Holy Katherine,’ muttered Walter, again looking
closely at the inscription on the ring, as if for
evidence that the whole was not a dream, ‘I begin
to think that I must assuredly have been born with
luck on my side, as you say; and, with such luck on
my side, I need not even despair of finding the
brother I have lost.’

‘Credit me, at all events,’ said Bisset, looking
wise, ‘when I tell you that von have got upon the
ladder of life.’