Well, I was sufficiently interested to say to myself that I might as well spend a week or two at Stockholm and keep up the acquaintance of these people; Becket, their name was.

I'm not exactly the kind of fellow who goes about falling in love with nursery governesses, and at that time (perhaps you recollect ?) I had somebody else in mind.

I dare say it was partly the contrast between that shark of a woman and this modest girl; at all events, I wanted to see more of Lilian, and I did I was in Stockholm, off and on, for a couple of months.

I became good friends with the Beckets, and before coming back to England I made an offer to Miss Allen--that was the governess's name.

She refused me, and I was conceited enough to wonder what the deuce she meant." Glazzard laughed.