I only mention it lest anything of a similar kind should occur with Captain Desmond, who is a younger man, and therefore with probably less self-repression." I saw that he had learned his lesson, and so said no more on the subject.
There was another reason for his going which I did not speak of.

Sir Colin MacKelpie was coming with his clansmen, and I knew he did not like Ernest Melton.

I well remembered that episode of his offering one finger to the old gentleman in Mr.Trent's office, and, moreover, I had my suspicions that Aunt Janet's being upset was probably in some measure due to some rudeness of his that she did not wish to speak about.

He is really an impossible young man, and is far better out of this country than in it.

If he remained here, there would be some sort of a tragedy for certain.
I must say that it was with a feeling of considerable relief that I saw the yacht steam out of the creek, with Captain Desmond on the bridge and my cousin beside him.
Quite other were my feelings when, an hour after, _The Lady_ came flying into the creek with the Lord High Admiral on the bridge, and beside him, more splendid and soldier-like than ever, Sir Colin MacKelpie.