W. Pett Ridge

“ But it is not absolutely settled.’
“‘Then I should strongly advise you,’ said Mary Leigh’s aunt strenuously, ‘very strongly advise you to do all in your power to enable him to get the appointment. It will be a good thing for him——.’
“‘It’s rather an unhealthy place.’
“‘A good thing for him to get away and make his life for himself.’
“‘He is more likely to lose it,’ said Sir Lewis.
“‘Well,’ said Mary Leigh’s aunt, ‘that is his look out surely. He has made the application with his eyes open, and young men must buy their experience, there is no other way of getting it. ”

“ Thank you so much. The other day I happened to overhear them talking to each other, and I was simply astonished. I think myself that it’s a great pity to see two young people so bitterly opposed to each other, but——’ (Mary Leigh’s aunt sighed) ‘I suppose they know best. If I were you, Sir Lewis, I should never ask him to the house when you are married.’
“‘There will be no necessity to do so.’
“‘That’s exactly what T mean. you want to make my niece happy.’
“‘Indeed, yes,’ said Sir Lewis earnestly. ”

“ The Flying Scotsman has been put on at the nursery end, and the Flying Scotsman is a six-foot-three youth with an enormous length of arm and a delivery that is terribly swift. Moreover the ground has become rather hard and the first fierce ball bumps and goes up high over Frank Wentworth’s head in a disconcerting manner. ”