However, it is perhaps for the best.

The handle to his name may make him welcome in the camp, for from what I hear there is some dissatisfaction at the way in which the gentry stand aloof from the enterprise.' 'I had feared,' I remarked, still speaking in a whisper, 'that we were about to lose one of our party instead of gaining one in this Bruton inn.' 'I have thought better of it,' he answered, with a smile.

'Nay, I'll tell you of it anon.

Well, Sir Gervas Jerome,' he added aloud, turning to our new associate, 'I hear that you are coming with us.

For a day you must be content to follow without question or remark.