And the huntsman
was very courteous also to Miss Roanoke, expressing the same hope, cap in
hand, and smiling graciously. A huntsman at the beginning of any day or at
the end of a good day is so different from a huntsman at the end of a bad
day! A huntsman often has a very bad time out hunting, and it is sometimes
a marvel that he does not take the advice which Job got from his wife. But
now all things were smiling, and it was soon known that his lordship
intended to draw Craigattan Gorse. Now in those parts there is no surer
find, and no better chance of a run, than Craigattan Gorse affords.
"There is one thing I want to ask, Mr. Greystock," said Lord George, in
Lizzie's hearing."
"You shall ask two," said Frank.
"Who is to coach Lady Eustace to-day, you or I?"
"Oh, do let me have somebody to coach me," said Lizzie.
"For devotion in coachmanship," said Frank--"devotion, that is, to my
cousin--I defy the world. In point of skill I yield to Lord George."
"My pretensions are precisely the same," said Lord George. "I glow with
devotion; my skill is naught."
"I like you best, Lord George," said Lizzie, laughing.
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