In the meantime he was to be taken by a tutor down to a Cottage on
Dartmoor and there be made to read,--with such amusement in the
meantime as might be got from fishing, and playing cricket with
the West Devon county club. 'It isn't very bright look-out for the
summer,' his brother had said to him, 'but it's better then
breaking out on the loose altogether. You be a credit to the
family and all that sort of thing. Then I'll give up the borough
to you. But mind you stick to the Liberals. I've made an ass of
myself.' However in these early days of June Lord Gerald had not
yet got his tutor.
Though the father and the two young men were living together they
did not see very much of each other. The Duke breakfasted at nine
and the repast was a very simple one. When they failed to appear,
he did not scold,--but would simply be disappointed. At dinner they
never met. It was supposed that Lord Gerald passed his mornings at
reading, and some little attempts were made in that direction. It
is to be feared they did not come to much. Silverbridge was very
kind to Gerald, feeling an increased tenderness for him on account
of that Cambridge mishap.
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