"I must hurry away to the crossroads.

They have probably voted me into the chair by this time, and are waiting for me to open their meeting.

Good-bye.

You have made this place, which I was growing tired of, unexpectedly interesting to me." They exchanged glances of the old college pattern.

Then he nodded to Sir Charles, waved his hand familiarly to Erskine, and followed the procession, which was by this time out of sight.
Sir Charles, who, waiting to speak, had been repeatedly baffled by the hasty speeches of his wife and the unhesitating replies of Trefusis, now turned angrily upon her, saying: "What do you mean by inviting that fellow to my house ?" "Your house, indeed! I will invite whom I please.