'But I'll be hanged,' he said to himself, 'if I come within a thousand miles of hurting her feelings.

Wallace must do that for himself if he wants to.' It had been arranged that Miss Bretherton should be allowed two breaches, and two only, of the law against sight-seeing--a walk through the schools'-quadrangle, and a drive down High Street.

Mr.Sartoris, who had been an examiner during the summer term, and had so crept into the good graces of the Clerk of the Schools, was sent off to suborn that functionary for the keys of the iron gates which on Sunday shut out the Oxford world from the sleepy precincts of the Bodleian.

The old clerk was in a lax vacation mood, and the envoy returned key in hand.

Mrs.Stuart and Forbes undertook the guidance of Miss Bretherton, while the others started to prepare the boats.