Sir Philip wanted to drive me to the station, but I know something of the difficulties of getting petrol just now, and I wouldn't allow him.

Awfully kind of him! Phil suggested walking down with me, but I thought it would be too much for him." They had walked away from the tea-tables towards the bridge which spanned the entrance to the moat-house.

Miss Heredith paused by two brass cannon, which stood on the lawn in a clump of ornamental foliage, with an inscription stating that they had been taken from the _Passe-partout_, a French vessel captured by Admiral Heredith in the Indian Seas in 1804.
"It is hard for Phil, a Heredith, to remain behind when all young Englishmen are fighting for their beloved land," she said softly, her eyes fixed upon these obsolete pieces of ordnance.

"He comes of a line of great warriors.

However," she went on, in a more resolute tone, "Phil has his duties to fulfil, in spite of his infirmity.