I hope you are none the worse for the adventure, Miss Moore." "No, really I am not," said Juliet.

"And I am still feeling very grateful." She smiled at the squire.

"Good-bye! I must be getting back to Mrs.Rickett's or the dumplings will be cold." She whistled Columbus to her and departed, still wondering at the transformation which Green had wrought in the squire.

It had not occurred to her that there could be anything really pleasant hidden behind that grim exterior.

It was evident that the younger man knew how to hold his own.