He, I soon discovered, did most of the actual work, though his father was still the nominal head of affairs.
The raising of thorough-breds is no longer the lucrative business that it used to be, and it required a good manager to bring the balance out on the right side of the ledger.

Rad was such a spectacular looking young fellow that I was really surprised to find what sound business judgment he possessed.

He insisted upon introducing modern methods where his father would have been content to drift along in the casual manner of the old South, and his clear-sightedness more than doubled the income of the place.
In the healthy out-of-door life I soon forgot that nerves existed.

The only thing which at all marred the enjoyment of those first few days was the knowledge of occasional clashings between Radnor and his father.

I think that they were both rather ashamed of these outbreaks, and I noticed that they tried to conceal the fact from me by an elaborate if somewhat stiff courtesy toward each other.
In order to make clear the puzzling series of events which followed, I must go back to, I believe, the fifth night of my arrival.