"Mary," he said to his wife, "here is our heir.

Let him be a son to us." Then Lady Scroope took the young man in her arms and kissed him.

Thus auspiciously was commenced this new connexion.
The arrival was in September, and the game-keeper, with the under gamekeeper, had for the last month been told to be on his mettle.

Young Mr.Neville was no doubt a sportsman.

And the old groom had been warned that hunters might be wanted in the stables next winter.