And he lost his head, and ran after her until she rode into the Academy stables.

And in he went, headlong, after her, and found her dismounted and standing with her mother; and he took off his hat, and he said to her mother: 'I've run quite a long way to tell you who I am: I am Colonel Gerard's son, Austin.

Would you care to know me ?' "And he looked at the little girl, who had curls precisely like yours, and the same little nose and mouth.

And that little girl, who is now your mother, said very simply: 'Won't you come home to luncheon with us?
May he, mother?
He has run a very long way to be polite to us.' "And your mother's mother looked at the boy for a moment, smiling, for he was the image of his father, who had been at school with her.

Then she said: 'Come to luncheon and tell me about your father.