DISCOVERED Lord Huntingford could not forgive the man who had put his aristocratic nose out of joint in such an effective manner.

He was, however, as polite as nature would permit him to be to Miss Ridge and Mr.Veath.

As for Hugh, that young gentleman thought it the wiser plan, when unavoidably relating a mild description of last night's encounter, to abstain from acquainting Grace with Lord Huntingford's discovery of his name--whether accidental or otherwise.

Quite rightly he surmised that it would unnecessarily distress her, and he preferred not to cross the bridge until he came to it.
It was the evening following the conflict.

As night approached, the sun fell behind the shores of the Red Sea, the stars twinkled out through the blackness above, and yet they had not caught a glimpse of her Ladyship.