Unfortunately, however, there's no getting round the entail, and when I go, my cousin, Major Durward, will reign in my stead." "Why does the Court go to a Durward ?" asked Sara listlessly.

"Aren't there any Lovells to inherit ?" "He is a Lovell.

His father and mine were brothers, but his godfather, old Timothy Durward left him his property on condition that he adopted the name.

Geoffrey Durward has a son called Timothy--after the old man." "The Durwards have never been here since I came to live with you," observed Sara thoughtfully.

"Don't you care for him--your cousin, I mean ?" "Geoffrey?
Yes, he's a charming fellow, and he's been a rattling good soldier--got his D.S.O.in the South African campaign.