Part 38 (2/2)
What do you think about our asking hiine you couldn't find a better site for the kennels,” Mordaunt replied ”Langrigg is near the deep water where the big fish lie and you can generally find an otter----”
He stopped, and Herries said, ”Yes, of course! But this is not altogether e mean Do you think Dearham would take the post?”
”It's possible,” said Mordaunt, very dryly ”Have you decided to ask him?”
The others were quiet for a ot a hint, but the hint was vague Somebody must take the hounds and they could not They resolved to leave the thing to Herries; he was young and his reht Besides, he knew Mordaunt well
”Let's be frank,” he said, hiding some embarrass a master of hounds is an important job
Would Dearham fill the post properly?”
”I think not,” Mordaunt answered in a quiet voice
”Oh, well,” remarked another ”I suppose there is no arette ”I want you to understand Jim Dearhaood sort and I ae when I admit that he is not the proper man to take the hounds He has not yet cultivated our sense of sport and his notions are utilitarian I'rumble about broken fences and tra the ine we do understand Well, we h and aether the reed, and soon afterwards dick came in and asked Mordaunt: ”Why didn't you stop for me, as you promised?”
”I did stop I waited some minutes”
”Then you must have come before the time”
”Look at your watch,” said Mordaunt, who took out his ”I got the time at the station this afternoon”
dick said it did not matter much and asked whom they meant to make the master of hounds
”Watson, of Red Bank,” one replied, and began to talk about solass for dick The latter was young and sometimes indiscreet; it was better he should not knohat Mordaunt had said
By and by two or three went off to the billiard-rooe you; but I knew the others hadn't pluck enough andto me Their notion was I didn't count and you wouldn't resent my remarks Rather an aard job, but we felt we could trust you All the saet to know hiine I'd have let him take the hounds”
”He'd have jolted the others badly,” Mordaunt rejoined ”They belong to the old school; he belongs to the new”
”One or two rather need a jolt, but we'll let it go I want to watch dick's ga a new stroke”
They went to the billiard-room and stayed until the party broke up
Then, as the Dryholot the wrong time, after all I compared my watch with Hodson's
His was a presentation fro in watches, and he declares it's accurate”
”It's not very important”
”In a way, it is ih, I'd have urged their choosing Jim” He paused and looked at Mordaunt hard ”It's curious, but I iined Hodson was embarrassed when he said they meant to ask Watson Why should they ask the fellow?
He's not our sort”