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"Yes, the old donkey is obliged to tolerate me, and be civil to me; for, you see, I got there first, and had possession, as it were, and yet my lord the donkey likes the credit of attending the parson, and being in consultation with so grand a county-town doctor as Doctor Trevor. Gray little more than a lad, and a pretty conceited one, too, at times." "But why should you sit up, Miss Galindo?
"Trevor, I I don't feel as if you ought. I of course I knew you would make me an allowance, but but you ought not to give me a lot of money all my own." "My darling," he said gently, "don't forget that you are my wife, will you?" She smiled a little shyly. "Do you know I had forgotten quite!" He put his arm about her as she sat. "You must try to remember it, dear, because it's rather important.
A little while after this they robbed one Stout, who was servant to Captain Trevor, of his hat, two pounds of butter, his buckles, five and sixpence in money, and some other trivial things. For this fact they were both apprehended, and at the next sessions at the Old Bailey tried and convicted upon very full evidence.
"Do you like it?" I asked suddenly with keen anxiety. "You have idealised me, Trevor!" "It is impossible to idealise what is in itself divine," I replied quietly. She looked at me, her face full Of colour but her eyes alight and smiling. "I am so glad, so happy that you are pleased. You have drawn it magnificently. What life you put into your things they live and breathe."
Anyhow, there you have the results of my investigations. If you can make anything out of them, you're welcome to it. Good-bye." "Half a second," said Trevor, as he got up; "had the fellow a cap of any sort?" "No. Bareheaded. You wouldn't expect him to give himself away by wearing a house-cap?" Trevor went over to the headmaster's revolving this discovery in his mind.
Though Trevor Mordaunt had secured for himself the girl of his choice, she could not suppress a grave doubt as to whether he had yet succeeded in winning her heart. He would ultimately win it; she felt convinced of that. He was a man who was bound sooner or later to rule supreme. And thus she strove to reassure herself; but still, in spite of her, the doubt remained.
But a moment later she had sprung away in haste, for there came the clatter of careless feet upon the stairs, and Noel dashed suddenly upon the scene. "Oh, I say, do stop jawing and come down," he said as he presented himself. "Poor Aunt Phil is ravenous for her lunch. What do you want me for, Trevor?" But Mordaunt turned his back abruptly. "I don't want you now," he said. "You can go."
The mandate was obeyed as literally as though Robin Hood himself had given it. The Celebrity disappeared into the forest, carried rather than urged towards his destined place of confinement. The commotion had brought Mr. Trevor to the spot.
She placed the flowers in her belt; her cheeks were already bright with colour, and her eyes were dewy with happiness. She bent down several times to sniff the fragrance of the flowers. Mrs. Trevor drew her out to talk, and soon she was chatting and laughing, and looked like a girl who had not a care in the world. "I never saw anything so sweet," she said.
He knew she was watching for Trevor, and he cursed Trevor in his heart. "She is in love with him. What fools women are!" muttered Franks to himself. "If she married a man like that a rich man with all that money could give her literary career would be ended. I have had the pleasure of introducing her to the public; she is my treasure-trove, my one bright particular star.
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