A PAIR OF BLUE ^
Now,
instantly
the
79
EYES.
moment we have
breakfasted.'
'Nonsense, '
Making yourself a
her
said
Elfride,'
father.
game
slave to the
like
that.' '
But
I
want
papa.
to,
Honestly, I
am
having been so ignominiously
restless at
And
overcome.
Mr. Knight doesn't mind.
So what harm can there be?' '
it,'
Let us play by
all
means,
if
you
msh
said Knight.
So when breakfast was
over, the
com-
batants "withdrew to the quiet of the library,
and the door was
closed.
Elfride
was rather
to have an idea that her conduct ill-regulated,
and
startlingly free
ventional restraint.
upon Knight's
And worse,
face a slightly
seemed
from con-
she fancied
amused look
at her proceedings. '
You
think
said recklessly
me '
foolish, I suppose,'
but I want to do
she
my very
best just once, and see whether I can over-
come
vou.'
