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I interrupted him; "and I shall be most enchanted to hear of her, or better still to see her, as Mrs Jervis." "You have anticipated me; that is what I was about to say. We arrived in town last night; and she commissioned me at once to make out your whereabouts for her. The Gironacs told me that you were staying at Kew " "Yes, at Judge Selwyn's.
"Sir," said I, "I am delighted to make your acquaintance; have heard Her Grace of Chelsea speak of you her friends are mine, I trust?" Mr. Selwyn's bow was rather more than distant.
From various friends of other days who came occasionally to see me in my new home, I had heard of Harrie's wild behavior of late, of Selwyn's patient shielding of him, of the latter's love and loyalty and care of the boy to whom he had been far more than a brother, and I wanted much to help him, to say something that would hearten him, and there was nothing I could say.
After much discussion, the jury of view agreed that they would go no further at present, but wait for the rising of the moon, on the theory that it would then be practicable to make their way to the Hood cabin, on the other side of the mountain, which was their immediate goal, and which they had expected to reach by sunset; unaware that in their devious turnings they had retraced several miles of their course, and were now much nearer Selwyn's dwelling in the woods than the terminus of their route.
Conscious of Austin's suppressed but increasing anger at her brother, amazed and distressed at what Gerald had done for the boy's very presence there was an affront to them all she was still more sensitive to Selwyn's voice; and in her heart she responded passionately.
He was a trained political economist, and had rare discernment in public affairs, therefore Dru leaned heavily upon him when he began to rehabilitate the Government. Dru used Selwyn's unusual talents for organization and administration, in thoroughly overhauling the actual machinery of both Federal and State Governments.
As I spoke, away upon the terrace a grey shadow paused a moment ere it was swallowed in the brilliance of the ball-room; seeing which I did not mind the slightly superior smile that curved Mr. Selwyn's very precise moustache; after all, my rhapsody had not been altogether thrown away. As I ended, the opening bars of a waltz floated out to us. Mr. Selwyn glanced back over his shoulder. "Ah!
But the acuteness which detects the absurd of things, and the pleasantry which throws a good-humoured coloring over the acuteness, form all that delights us in wit. If we are to judge by the opinion of his contemporaries, and this is the true criterion after all, Selwyn's wit must have been of the very first order in a witty age. Walpole is full of him.
Then he walked to the bed and seated himself on the edge. "What's the trouble, old man?" he asked coolly. There was no answer. He placed his hand over Gerald's; the boy's hand lay inert, then quivered and closed on Selwyn's convulsively. "That's right," said the elder man; "that's what I'm here for to stand by when you hoist signals. Go on."
Smiling over the groundlessness of her fears, Sara hastened away to Selwyn's study, and found him, seated at his desk, scribbling some hurried motes concerning various cases among his patients for the enlightenment of the medical man who was taking charge of the practice during his absence. "Oh, there you are, Sara!" he exclaimed, laying down his pen as she entered.
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