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And what I am here for is to ask you, as Mr. Erroll's friend, to use your influence on Mr. Erroll every atom of your influence to prevent him from ruining himself financially through his excesses.
You are precisely like Austin; you grow impatient of preliminary details when I'm doing my very best attempting to explain just as clearly as I can. Now I will go on and say that Eileen is Molly Erroll's daughter, and the courts appointed Austin and me guardians for her and for her brother Gerald." "Oh!" "Now is it clear to you?"
Erroll's family has forbidden him to continue his gambling in this house and in your company anywhere or at any time." "Most extraordinary," murmured Ruthven, passing his ringed fingers over his minutely shaven face that strange face of a boy hardened by the depravity of ages. "So I must request you," continued Selwyn, "to refuse him the opportunity of gambling here. Will you do it voluntarily?"
And truth is truth, though he might lie with hands clinched across his brow to shut out the wraith of it that haunted him; though he might set his course by the faith that was in him, and put away the hope of the world whose hope is love the truth was there, staring, staring at him out of Eileen Erroll's dark-blue eyes. He had seen her seldom that winter.
Meanwhile the Ruthvens were living almost lavishly, and keeping four more horses; but Eileen Erroll's bank balance had now dwindled to three figures; and Gerald had not only acted offensively toward Selwyn, but had quarrelled so violently with Austin that the latter, thoroughly incensed and disgusted, threatened to forbid him the house.
Eileen and Selwyn waited. When the child had ended and had taken leave of all, Boots also took his leave; and Selwyn rose, too, a troubled, careworn expression replacing the careless gaiety which had made him seem so young in Miss Erroll's youthful eyes. "Wait, Boots," he said; "I'm going home with you." And, to Eileen, almost absently: "Good-night; I'm so very glad you are well again."
Miss Erroll's horse was behaving badly, and for a few moments she became too thoroughly occupied with her mount to finish her sentence. The belted groom galloped up, prepared for emergencies, and he and Selwyn sat their saddles watching a pretty battle for mastery between a beautiful horse determined to be bad and a very determined young girl who had decided he was going to be good.
From Klerksdorp Methuen struck back westwards to the south of his former route, and on March 14th he was reported at Warrenton. Here also in April came Erroll's small column, bringing with it the garrison and inhabitants of Hoopstad, a post which it had been determined, in accordance with Lord Kitchener's policy of centralisation, to abandon.
"Oh, I know you don't like it, Phil, but what I'm saying may do you good. It's fine physic, to learn what others think about you; as for me, you can't mistake my friendship or your sister's or Miss Erroll's, or Mr. Gerard's. And one and all are of one opinion, that you have everything before you, including domestic happiness, which you care for more than anything.
Of course." "If you please," said Mrs. Greeve ominously, so Lansing continued upward; Selwyn descended; Mrs. Greeve waved him into the icy parlour, where he presently found her straightening her "front" with work-worn fingers. "Captain Selwyn, I deemed it my duty to set up in order to inform you of certain special doin's," she said haughtily. "What 'doings'?" he inquired. "Mr. Erroll's, sir.
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