CHAPTER VII.
HARRY ANNESLEY GOES TO TRETTON.
Harry had promised to go down to Tretton, and when the time came Augustus Scarborough did not allow him to escape from the visit.

He explained to him that in his father's state of health there would be no company to entertain him; that there was only a maiden sister of his father's staying in the house, and that he intended to take down into the country with him one Septimus Jones, who occupied chambers on the same floor with him in London, and whom Annesley knew to be young Scarborough's most intimate friend.

"There will be a little shooting," he said, "and I have bought two or three horses, which you and Jones can ride.

Cannock Chase is one of the prettiest parts of England, and as you care for scenery you can get some amusement out of that.

You'll see my father, and hear, no doubt, what he has got to say for himself.