And this the steady man followed up with a quiet two neatly placed between point and mid-off.

Then came another ball, which the same player turned off sharply into the slips.
It was a fairly difficult ball to field, but Riddell picked it up smartly and returned it to the wickets in time to prevent a run being made.
"Well fielded indeed, sir!" cried Wyndham's voice from the tent.

Little thought he how strangely those words of encouragement missed their mark.
Riddell had just been forgetting his trouble and warming up to the game, and now they came once more to remind him of that hated knife and Tom the boat-boy's story.
The next ball the Rockshire man also "slipped," but this time, though it was within easier reach, and for a first-rate fielder was even a possible catch, Riddell missed it, and two runs were made.

"Look out there!" cried Bloomfield severely.

"Well tried, sir!" cried some one, sarcastically.