Mrs.Goddard established herself upon the side opposite the two men.

Mr.Juxon crossed rapidly to where she was seated, and Mrs.Ambrose, who had turned with the intention of speaking to the squire, found herself confronted by John.

He saw that he had been worsted by his foe and immediately lost his temper; but being brought face to face with Mrs.Ambrose was obliged to control it as he might.

That excellent lady beamed upon him with a maternal smile of the kind which is peculiarly irritating to young men.

He struggled to get away however, glancing over Mrs.Ambrose's shoulder at the squire and longing to be "at him" as he would have expressed it.