Patricia came to the course, accompanied by the dark girl, who said she was mad about golf, and over the eighteen holes each strove for his exclusive attention.

They bored him vastly.

He became mad about golf himself, because they talked noisily of other subjects and forgot his directions, especially the dark girl, who was mad about a great many things.

She proved to be a trial.

She was still so hopeless at the sport that at each shot she had to have her hands placed for her in the correct grip.