I could never have got into the Engineers." "That seems to be a reason why he should be the youngest," said Lady Scroope.
Two or three other people arrived, and the house became much less dull than was its wont.

Jack Neville occasionally rode his brother's horses, and the Earl was forced to acknowledge another mistake.

The mother was very silent, but she was a lady.

The young Engineer was not only a gentleman,--but for his age a very well educated gentleman, and Lord Scroope was almost proud of his relatives.

For the first week the affair between Fred Neville and Miss Mellerby really seemed to make progress.