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Updated: July 23, 2025
He talked of this the neat day, but it was treated as a dream; until in the course of the day his uncle Algernon was driven home from Lobourne cricket-ground with a broken leg.
And the thought that he had been spying at their little house tarnished her anticipations of homecoming. They went to Town three days later. While the taxi was skirting Lord's Cricket-ground, Gyp slipped her hand into Fiorsen's. She was brimful of excitement. The trees were budding in the gardens that they passed; the almond-blossom coming yes, really coming! They were in the road now.
He must be devilish old, in spite of his looks. Why, he was at Waterloo!" "He is young enough to be a terrible rival," answered Randal, with artful truth. Frank turned pale, and began to meditate dreadful bloodthirsty thoughts, of which hair-triggers and Lord's Cricket-ground formed the staple.
But then glowing thoughts of the game's enjoyments came across his mind; his hands and feet were burning to run to the cricket-ground, and take part there, with all the energy of his young spirits, while the picture of a solitary walk with Edgar North came before his mind in very gloomy contrast. Then a voice seemed to speak in his heart: "I love you, my own. I gave myself for you. Follow me."
His was not the visit of a friend, but a functionary; the treasurer of the cricket-ground come to book two of his eighteen to play against the All-England Eleven next month. But I must ask leave to book Captain Dodd. Mrs. Dodd, I come at the universal desire of the club; they say it is sure to be a dull match without Captain Dodd. Besides, he is a capital player."
Poor John! If he could have submerged the Scaife cricket-ground and the Scaife family by nodding his head, I fear that he would have nodded it, although he told himself that he was an ungenerous beast and cad not to sympathize with his pal. And before the boys got back to the Manor, Caesar said, not without a blush, that he had learned to play bridge. "I shall teach you, Jonathan." "No."
"Very well. She goes on pegging away at the hospital; she's a brick." But he did not look at her, and again there was silence, till he stopped by Lord's Cricket-ground. "I mustn't keep you crawling along at this pace." "Oh, I don't mind!" "I only wanted to say that if I can be of any service to you at any time in any way whatever, please command me."
There was no extra charge for the kindly glasses of wine which used to be administered in quite sufficient plenty. Behind the school, and running down to the little river Pin, there is a spacious cricket-ground, and a court marked out for lawn-tennis. Up close to the school is a racket-court.
"It's probably too far," said I, quite intending to play second fiddle next day, for it was really Bob's turn. "Not for a man who has been up to the Cricket-ground," he rejoined. "But it's dreadfully slippery," put in Mrs. Lascelles, with a sympathetic glance at my sticks.
Arthur Grey, with his good looks, his frank bearing, and his facile supremacy on the cricket-ground and in the racquet-court, was a popular hero; and of all his schoolfellows none paid him a more whole-hearted worship than the totally dissimilar Philip Vaughan. Their close and intimate affection was a standing puzzle to hard and dull and superficial natures; but a poet could interpret it.
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