But he made no excuse to go, and he didn't go, to Pryors'.

When Sunday came, he went to Westchester to see Elizabeth, and stayed until Monday morning.

Not once that week did the Princess ride past our house, or her father either.

By noon Monday Laddie was back in the field, and I had all I could bear.

He was neither whistling nor singing so much now, because he was away at the south end, where he couldn't be seen or heard at Pryors'.