And now let us talk of something else.

You will have to establish a little mess on your own account, Mr.Wilson, as both the Captains are married men, and the Major has also an incumbrance." "Yes, it will be horribly dull, Mrs.Doolan.Richards and I have quarters together here, and, of course, it will be the same there, and I am sure I don't know what we shall find to talk about when we come to have to mess together.

Of course, here, there are the messroom and the club, and so we get on very well, but to be together always will be awful." "You will really have to take to reading or something of that sort, Mr.
Wilson," Isobel laughed.
"I always do read the Field, Miss Hannay, but that won't last for a whole week, you know; and there is no billiard table, and no racquet court, or anything else at Deennugghur, and one cannot always be riding about the country." "We shall all have to take pity on you as much as we can," Mrs.Doolan said.

"I must say that, like Miss Hannay, I shall not object to the change." "I think it is all very well for you, Mrs.Doolan; you have children." "Well, Mr.Richards, I will let you both, as a great treat, take them out for a walk sometimes of a morning instead of their going with the ayah.

That will make a change for you." There was a general laugh, but Wilson said manfully, "Very well, Mrs.
Doolan; I am very fond of youngsters, and I should like to take, anyhow, the two eldest out sometimes.