"He realized that.

In fact he was game enough to thank me for it in the morning, and apologized like a gentleman for giving so much trouble." "Oh, I'm glad he did that!" Stella said, with shining eyes.

"And that was the beginning of your friendship ?" "Well, I had always liked him," Monck admitted.

"But he didn't like me for a long time after.

That thrashing stuck in his mind.