Camperdown himself went down and joined his wife and family at a
little cottage which he had at Dawlish. The necklace, however, interfered
much with his holiday.
CHAPTER XXVI
MR. GOWRAN IS VERY FUNNY
Frank Greystock certainly went over to Portray too often--so often that
the pony was proved to be quite necessary. Miss Macnulty held her tongue
and was gloomy, believing that Lady Eustace was still engaged to Lord
Fawn, and feeling that in that case there should not be so many visits to
the rocks. Mr. Gowran was very attentive, and could tell on any day, to
five minutes, how long the two cousins were sitting together on the
seashore. Arthur Herriot, who cared nothing for Lady Eustace, but who knew
that his friend had promised to marry Lucy Morris, was inclined to be
serious on the subject; but--as is always the case with men--was not
willing to speak about it.
Once, and once only, the two men dined together at the castle, for the
doing of which it was necessary that a gig should be hired all the way
from Prestwick. Herriot had not been anxious to go over, alleging various
excuses--the absence of dress clothes, the calls of Stone and Toddy, his
bashfulness, and the absurdity of paying fifteen shillings for a gig.
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