Julia is my cousin." The lady was silenced.

"But I thought," she murmured.

"I thought--they were--" She broke off with a cough.
"Yes, I spent a good many of my school holidays at Heston." Alice broke in with a question about the Manorwaters.

The youthful Mr.
Thompson, who, apart from his solicitor's profession, was a devotee of cricket, asked in a lofty way if Mr.Haystoun cared for the game.
"I do rather.

I'm not very good, but we raised an eleven this year in the glen which beat Gledsmuir." The notion pleased the gentleman.