We must do nothing to imperil the coming victory." "You have a wonderful team, Jack, I hear," said her mother.

"Come and sit here beside me and tell me about them.

Patricia has been keeping me informed, but she is not very coherent at times.

Of course, I know about your wonderful goal keeper Findlay, is it not ?" And the gentle little lady kept a stream of conversation going, for she saw how deeply moved Maitland was.

It was his first visit to the Rectory since he had taken up the game again, and the rush of emotion released by the vivid memory of those old happy days when that jolly group of boys had filled this familiar room with their noisy clatter wellnigh overcame him.
For a minute or two he fussed with the tea things till he could master his voice, then he said very quietly: "They are very decent chaps--really very good fellows and they have taken their training extraordinarily well.