'Mabel!'
'No, sir, no; no! What did you mean? But never mind. I have no
question to ask, not a word to say. Why should I? Only this,--that
such a marriage will disgrace your family. To me it is no more
than to anybody else. But it will disgrace your family.'
How she got back to the house she hardly knew; nor did he. That
evening they did not again speak to each other, and on the
following morning there was no walk to the mountains. Before
dinner he drove himself back to Crummie-Toddie, and when he was
taking his leave she shook hands with him with her usual pleasant
smile.
CHAPTER 43
What Happened at Doncaster
The Leger this year was to be run on the fourteenth of September,
and while Lord Silverbridge was amusing himself with the dear at
Crummie-Toddie and at Killancodlem with the more easily pursued
young ladies, the indefatigable Major was hard at work in the
stables. This came a little hard on him. There was the cub-hunting
to be looked after, which made his presence at Runnymede
necessary, and then that 'pig-headed fellow, Silverbridge', would
not have the horse trained anywhere but at Newmarket.
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