4/16 How did Mr.Adister receive you ?' Patrick described the first interview. 'Yes, those are some of his ideas: gentlemen are to excel in the knightly exercises. He used to fence excellently, and he was a good horseman. The Jesuit seminary would have been hard for him to swallow once. The house is a fine old house: lonely, I suppose.' Patrick spoke of Caroline Adister and pursued his narrative. |