It was that episode, indeed, which had vexed him most.

Not that St.George's tongue-lashing worried him--nor did Harry's blank look of amazement linger in his thoughts.

St.
George, he had to confess to himself as he battled with the questions, was the soul of honor and had not meant to insult him.

It was Temple's love for Harry which had incited the quixotic onslaught, for, as he knew, St.George dearly loved the boy, and this in itself wiped all resentment from the autocrat's heart.

As to Harry's attitude toward himself, this he continued to reason was only a question of time.