I believe he will be equally right in
this other picture. You have heard that Forster is going?"
"Yes; Wilson came down and told me while I was at work. Wilson
seemed rather disgusted at his volunteering. I don't know that I
am surprised myself, for, as I told you, I knew him at school, and
he had no moral courage, though plenty of physical. Still, under
the circumstances, I should not have thought he would have gone."
"You mean because of Miss Hannay, Bathurst?"
"Yes, that is what I mean."
"That sort of thing might weigh with you or me, Bathurst, but not
with him. He has loved and ridden away many times before this, but
in this case, fortunately, I don't think he will leave an aching
heart behind him."
"You don't mean to say, Doctor, that you don't think she cares for
him?"
"I have not asked her the question," the Doctor said dryly. "I dare
say she likes him; in fact, I am ready to admit that there has been
what you may call a strong case of flirtation; but when a young
woman is thrown with an uncommonly good looking man, who lays himself
out to be agreeable to her, my experience is that a flirtation
generally comes of it, especially when the young woman has no one
else to make herself agreeable to, and is, moreover, a little sore
with the world in general. I own that at one time I was rather
inclined to think that out of sheer perverseness the girl was going
to make a fool of herself with that good looking scamp, but since
we have been shut up here I have felt easy in my mind about it.
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