54/123 He has just gone." "And how does he get there ?" "Why by the South-Western. They'll send to meet him." Brookenham appeared for a moment to view this statement in the dry light of experience. "They'll only send if there are others too." "Of course then there'll be others--lots. The more the better for Harold." This young man's father was silent a little. "Perhaps--if they don't play high." "Ah," said his mother, "however Harold plays he has a way of winning." "He has a way too of being a hopeless ass. |