We maun haste, or Cupar Tamwill be round wi the
horses afore ye have drucken your tea. You say therehas never been a woman in your
life. Mr Lammas, his mind at ease, was well disposed to thisgarrulous
youth.
Then for a year or two he saw nothing of them. With
an efforthe pulled himself together.
When he ate bread and cheese at midday in avillage
alehouse his head was brimming with fancies.
The housewives gavehim good morning, and he
ceremonially returned their salutes.
He was a mosthopeful scholar, with taste and
knowledge beyond his years.
There was a brotherhood among the sea-folk as close
and secret as amasonic order. He looked at his face again in his little mirror. Its
chappit five, Professor,her voice followed.
In Which a Young Man is Afraid of His YouthII. How
Sundry Gentlemen Put Their Trust in HorsesXIX.
You say therehas never been a woman in your
life.
He may endas a fantastic, but not as a fop or a
fool.
In Which a Young Man is Afraid of His YouthII.
There was much in Harry I did notunderstand, but there was little to offend me.
Theres more in the oath than secrecy, sir, he said; theres apromise of mutual aid.
All day Mr Lammashad been engaged on high affairs.
Your grievance seems to lie rather against Miss
ChristianEvandale. He was returning to duty, and must putaway childish things. We
maun haste, or Cupar Tamwill be round wi the horses afore ye have drucken your
tea.
Then scholarship had laid itsspell on
him.
It alsotells you how you may distribute copies of
this eBook if you want to. They kept his hand in for his dealings withhis
pupils.
He wasa man of affairs, and must view the world
with a dignifiedcondescension.