It will do for you what a public school would have done; make you self reliant, and independent." Still, of course, a great portion of his time had been with his father, and they often would ride round the estate together and talk to the tenants, or walk in the gardens and forcing houses.

Generally Mark would be driven by his father to the meet if it took place within reasonable distance, his horse being sent on beforehand by a groom, while of an evening they would sit in the library, smoke their long pipes, and talk over politics or the American and French wars.
All this was over.

There was but one thing now that he could do for his father, and that was to revenge his death, and at the thought he rose from his bed impatiently and paced up and down the room.

He must wait for a week, wait till the funeral was over, and then he would be on Bastow's track.

If all other plans failed he would spend his time in coaches until at last the villain should try to stop one; but there must be other ways.