. Perfervid, the career of Ninian Jamieson. , she said. Verra weel, mem, said Saunders. Were noill tae please. • Do you always speak like that ? asked Pansy,for in her cars Saunderss speech was coarse and vulgar. (i 226 PERFERVID Saunders blushed and looked sheepish, and Pansywas sorry. She was about to speak when she noticedher flowers, and lifting a lily in her rosy handshe gave it to Saunders, looking a sweet couldnt speak, but he made a very low bow, unlike anythingPansy had ever seen, butnot at all awkward, quitesimple and gave Strongsoul ared rose, beside
. Perfervid, the career of Ninian Jamieson. , she said. Verra weel, mem, said Saunders. Were noill tae please. • Do you always speak like that ? asked Pansy,for in her cars Saunderss speech was coarse and vulgar. (i 226 PERFERVID Saunders blushed and looked sheepish, and Pansywas sorry. She was about to speak when she noticedher flowers, and lifting a lily in her rosy handshe gave it to Saunders, looking a sweet couldnt speak, but he made a very low bow, unlike anythingPansy had ever seen, butnot at all awkward, quitesimple and gave Strongsoul ared rose, beside whichher rosy hand looked alily ; and Strongsoul didas Saunders had done,feeling that it was morebeautiful to do so than tospeak. As Pansy left theroom she looked over hershoulder and smiled. Themoment she had gone Saunders and Strongsoul,sighing together a great long-pent sigh, turned andsaw in one anothers eyes that each had beheld hisdream. Pansy was some time in returning, because shefound it difficult to get anybody to attend to her. COSMO MORTIMERS STORY 2 2 7 orders, so busy were they with their festive pre-parations ; and then when she had secured theservices of a boy who knew more about the stablethan the dining-room, her nurse laid hold of her anddressed her for riding. She rebelled at first, butnurse told her, knowing how much she loved herfather, that he had been very particular in arrangingthat she should have her ride in spite of the turmoilin which the castle was : Pansy was a delicate was also the Lady Violet Morcdun, daughter ofthe Duke of Morcdun — his only child—and thedoctor had ordered her to ride every day for herhealth. Her mother had been dead for several years,and the relations between father and daughter weremost intimate and affectionate. When Pansy got back to the pilgrims she burstout laughing. The table was spread, and the pilgrimssat at it, but neither of them had dared to touch any-thing. The boy who waited on them stood behindSaun
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