These young men! They will at a woman by hook or crook.' 'So ?' Sir George said coldly.

'And the latest instance ?' 'His Chloe--and a very obdurate, disdainful Chloe at that--has come to nurse him,' the tutor answered, grinning.

'The prettiest high-stepping piece you ever saw, Sir George--that I will swear!--and would do you no discredit in London.

It would make your mouth water to see her.

But he could never move her; never was such a prude.