I hope with you that Bathurst will retrieve himself yet, but we shall certainly do him no good by trying to fight his battle until he does.

You and I, thinking as we do, will of course make no alteration in our manner towards him.

I am glad to hear that young Wilson also stands as his friend.

Let matters go on quietly.

I believe they will come right in the end." The Doctor was obliged to acknowledge that the Major's counsel was wise, and to refrain from either argument or sarcasm; but the effort required to check his natural tendency to wordy conflict was almost too great for him, and when not engaged in his own special duties he spent hours in one of the angles of the terrace keenly watching every tree and bush within range, and firing vengefully whenever he caught sight of a lurking native.