When Lord Gerald reached the station the train had
started.
At twenty minutes to ten the young man reappeared at the club.
'Why on earth didn't you take a special for yourself?' exclaimed
Silverbridge.
'They wouldn't give me one.' After it was apparent to all of them
that what had just happened had done more to ruffle our hero's
temper than his failure and loss at the races.
'I wouldn't have had it to happen for any money you could name,'
said the elder brother to the younger, as he took him home to
Carlton Terrace.
'If they do send me down, what's the odds?' said the younger
brother, who was not quite as sober as he might have been.
'After what happened to me it will almost break the governor's
heart,' said the heir.
CHAPTER 18
One of the Results of the Derby
On the following morning at about eleven Silverbridge and his
brother were at breakfast at an hotel in Jermyn Street. They had
slept in Carlton Terrace, but Lord Gerald had done so without the
knowledge of the Duke. Lord Silverbridge, as he was putting
himself to bed, had made up his mind to tell the story to the Duke
at once, but when the morning came his courage failed him.
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