He has many boy singers in his choir, maidens also for his religious processions.

Indeed, never do I visit Machecoul without finding a pretty boy or a stripling girl passing so innocently in and out of his study, that it is a pleasure to behold." "Is his lordship even now at Machecoul ?" asked James Douglas, bluntly.
The Lord James prided himself upon his tact, but when he set out to manifest it, Sholto groaned inwardly.

He was never certain from one moment to another what the reckless young Lord might do or say next.
"I do not even know whether the marshal is now at Machecoul.

The rich and great, they come and go, and we poor folk understand it no more than the passing of the wind or the flight of the birds.

But let us get to our couches.