CHAPTER XI.
But I don't see how my lady could think it was over-education that made Harry Gregson break his thigh, for the manner in which he met with the accident was this:-- Mr.Horner, who had fallen sadly out of health since his wife's death, had attached himself greatly to Harry Gregson.

Now, Mr.Horner had a cold manner to every one, and never spoke more than was necessary, at the best of times.

And, latterly, it had not been the best of times with him.

I dare say, he had had some causes for anxiety (of which I knew nothing) about my lady's affairs; and he was evidently annoyed by my lady's whim (as he once inadvertently called it) of placing Miss Galindo under him in the position of a clerk.

Yet he had always been friends, in his quiet way, with Miss Galindo, and she devoted herself to her new occupation with diligence and punctuality, although more than once she had moaned to me over the orders for needlework which had been sent to her, and which, owing to her occupation in the service of Lady Ludlow, she had been unable to fulfil.
The only living creature to whom the staid Mr.Horner could be said to be attached, was Harry Gregson.