Saturday after Saturday he probably thought that some occasion would arise; but, if his words could have been counted, it would have been found that he addressed fewer to her than to any one in the room.
"Larry," said his special friend Kate, "am I to have the pony at the Bridge meet ?" "How very free you are, Miss!" said her mother.
"I don't know about that," said Larry.

"When is there to be a meet at the Bridge?
I haven't heard." "But I have.

Tony Tuppett told me that they would be there this day fortnight." Tony Tuppett was the huntsman of the U.R.U.
"That's more than Tony can know.

He may have guessed it." "Shall I have the pony if he has guessed right ?" Then the pony was promised; and Kate, trusting in Tony Tuppett's sagacity, was happy.
"Have you heard of all this about Dillsborough Wood ?" asked Mrs.
Masters.

The attorney shrank at the question, and shook himself uneasily in his chair.
"Yes; I've heard about it," said Larry.
"And what do you think about it?
I don't see why Lord Rufford is to ride over everybody because he's a lord." Mr.Twentyman scratched his head.