you find it out child to look at you especially abroad one would suppose that the true of things never struck you � that you were a butterfly bent solely on enjoying your little day but indeed it does said gravely that is why i am so fond of she doesn t try to throw off herself in excitement in in an insane love of dress in those women are such fools to think n the lovely they ve themselves let them go in and out of the as they will their souls will be waiting for them at the only had moved away at s unwelcome name but now he returned and with something shining down the coldness of his grey eyes yet without passion without looked at the girl i m glad you feel like that he said it will be all the better for � bob have you a photograph of him he added abruptly no and yet you must have liked him he said keenly aware of the inconvenience of the moment for such a discussion yet hurried on by some force of which he was not master to actually be � be engaged to him oh said it is one of the most rooted the most respectable instincts of the average woman be she peasant or princess that she must have a man to walk out with � if not her own then some other woman s � but still a man once you that instinct your last of power over us is gone s the coach and in less than ten i they had started on their way to j the lovely in the came across count in deep with and as they both turned to look with covert insolence at her something like a little chill wind seemed to pass over the girl though answering glance of quick concern she said � it is nothing � only some one stepping over my grave and some people will get a jolly good kicking if they don t alter their manners muttered looking back at the couple of who were smiling as their eyes followed s back but she had thrown off her by now and was taking the interest in the smart crowd and all those exciting details that go to make up the atmosphere of a race meeting and seem peculiar to the neighbourhood of a horse and even if had not loved horses the stir the hum the brisk bustle in the air would have her but as it she enjoyed herself with more than she had at any time done since she arrived in town perhaps the knowledge that her grey coat with its white silk and big mother o � n the lovely pearl buttons was the finest tailor s inspiration there considerably to her sense of well being but who also had a as she followed with could not help asking herself what possible chance any woman could have against her regular ain t she asked as if he guessed s thoughts pity she boxes men s ears though � s an ugly customer to tackle and another � they ll move heaven and earth to be even with her yet t� men are divided into two classes said who was looking delicious herself in her cool transparent green nice and nasty when they re nasty they rouse something in miss akin to what you men feel when you see a brute ill treating a child � and of course all the nasty people her � the nice we her you re great friends i know he said slowly much as if he were a riddle without any idea of what was the answer he felt sure it was who had procured for him a few kind looks from the quarter where he was used to receiving only averted the lovely ones and he knew as all their set did know that it was � the indifferent � who without an effort barred all the other fellows chances with and could not any blind bat see how things were between the lovely and her cousin wherefore did he find s love for a riddle hard to read i think a racing colours are to him what a ball gown is to a woman said as having regained the coach they watched the horses take their leisurely way to the starting place and how well looks in his jacket she added looking at him through s field glasses the white feathers in her hat his nose he ll look better in the saddle said and with an intense longing to kiss the little grey glove lifted to so very near his lips as it held his glasses of course this is mere child s play to � and doesn t mean any serious riding at all � but to see him pull off a really big thing against all the is just i should say his wife � if he ever � will have her heart in her mouth pretty often concluded the lovely he has had bad falls said intently watching the who was not having a rosy time � when he does the will have arrived i should say said he had broken about every bone in his body that can be broken � except his neck they re off he added abruptly and leaned forward as in the scarcely broken line of mingled colours on the backs the five horses swept forward immediately to spread out over the field neither s nor strained gaze left the striped and white cap and jacket but could appreciate as the other could not the perfection of that mastery of his horse which had made what he was � the first gentleman rider probably in the whole world as he passed the winning post a shout of admiration broke from the crowd and thrilled for this was real and she could 