"And it'll do you good too," he said, "to get away from that beastly doctor who is always hanging around.

I long to give him the boot whenever I see him." "You don't like each other, eh ?" Sir Beverley's smile was sardonic.
"We loathe and detest each other," said Piers.

All the boyishness went out of his face with the words; he looked suddenly grim, and in that moment the likeness between them was very marked.

"I presume this change of air scheme was his suggestion," he said abruptly.
"And if it was ?" said Sir Beverley.
Piers threw back his head and laughed again through clenched teeth.

"For which piece of consideration he has my sincere gratitude," he said.