"Yes; it should serve well enough, I--" "It will not serve at all," cried Rotherby, who stood a pace or two apart.

"A little to the right, there, the turf is better." "But there is no protection," put in the duke.

"You will be under observation from that side of the square, including Stretton House." "What odds ?" quoth Rotherby.

"Do I care who overlooks us ?" And he laughed unpleasantly.

"Or is your grace ashamed of being seen in your friend's company ?" Wharton looked him steadily in the face a moment, then turned to his lordship's seconds.