You certainly did not act with discretion." "I said you'd begin to scold the minute you came here, Loftie," remarked Mabel.

"It's a way you have.

I told Kitty so.

See, you have made poor Kitty quite grave." Loftus Bertram was a tall, slim, young fellow.

He was well-made, athletic, and neat in appearance, and had that upright carriage and bearing which is most approved of in her Majesty's army.