10/15 "I'm _certain_ you can see out of this one," says she, and pulls the handkerchief a little farther over the offending eye. 'How many horses in your father's stable ?'" This is an embarrassing question, or ought to be, as Mr.Hescott's father is dead; but he seems quite up to it. Indeed, it now occurs to Sir Maurice that this cannot be the first time he has played blind man's buff with his cousin. Like Elia's old lady, the "rigour of game" is all she cares for. |