His lips hardened a little, that was all.
"Do you hear ?" rapped out Sir Beverley.
Piers bent his head.

"What about the hunting ?" he said.
"Damn the hunting!" growled Sir Beverley.
Piers was silent a moment.

Then: "I suggested it to you myself, didn't I ?" he said deliberately, "six weeks ago.

And you wouldn't hear of it." "Confound your impertinence!" began Sir Beverley.

But abruptly Piers raised his eyes, and he stopped.