I must stop that game at once, or we shall have a fatal accident.

But I will be back in half an hour.

You can rest in my office if you are here first.

It is nice and cool." Hope hurried away on his errand, and Mary was still looking after him, when she heard horses' feet, and up came Walter Clifford, escaped from his father.

He slipped off his horse directly at sight of Mary, and they came together like steel and magnet.
"Oh, Walter," said Mary, "we are not so unfortunate as we were just now.
We have a powerful friend.