'
'Let us hope so. Only nothing has ever come right for me yet.
What is Frank doing?'
'I haven't seen him since he left Crummie-Toddle.'
'And your sister?' she whispered.
'I know nothing about it at all.'
'And you? I have told you everything about myself.'
'As for me, I think of nothing but politics now. I have told you
about my racing experiences. Just at present shooting is up.
Before Christmas I shall go into Chiltern's country for a little
hunting.'
'You can hunt here?'
'I shan't stay long enough to make it worth while to have my
horses down. If Tregear will go with me to the Brake, I can mount
him for a day or two. But I daresay you know more of his plans
that I do. He went to see you at Grex.'
'And you did not.'
'I was not asked.'
'Nor was he.'
'Then all I can say is,' replied Silverbridge, speaking in a low
voice, but with considerable energy, 'that he can use a freedom
with Lady Mabel Grex which I cannot venture.'
'I believe you begrudge me his friendship. If you had no one else
belonging to you with whom you could have sympathy, would not you
find comfort in a relation who could be almost as near to you as a
brother?'
'I do not grudge him to you.
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