Yellowjack，CommanderJaunders，hasbroughtlettersandpapersfromCoventryIsland。H。E。SirThomasLiverseegehadfallenavictimtotheprevailingfeveratSwampton。Hislossisdeeplyfeltintheflourishingcolony。WehearthattheGovernorshiphasbeenofferedtoColonelRawdonCrawley，C。B。，adistinguishedWaterlooofficer。Weneednotonlymenofacknowledgedbravery，butmenofadministrativetalentstosuperintendtheaffairsofourcolonies，andwehavenodoubtthatthegentlemanselectedbytheColonialOfficetofillthelamentedvacancywhichhasoccurredatCoventryIslandisadmirablycalculatedforthepostwhichheisabouttooccupy。”
“CoventryIsland！Wherewasit？Whohadappointedhimtothegovernment？Youmusttakemeoutasyoursecretary，oldboy。”CaptainMacmurdosaidlaughing；
andasCrawleyandhisfriendsatwonderingandperplexedovertheannouncement，theClubwaiterbroughtintotheColonelacardonwhichthenameofMr。
Wenhamwasengraved，whobeggedtoseeColonelCrawley。
TheColonelandhisaide-de-campwentouttomeetthegentleman，rightlyconjecturingthathewasanemissaryofLordSteyne。”Howd’yedo，Crawley？Iamgladtoseeyou。”saidMr。Wenhamwithablandsmile，andgraspingCrawley’shandwithgreatcordiality。