. The Little Colonel's knight comes riding . s constant watch, shewould keep tryst with all that Life demanded ofher. CHAPTER III A KNIGHT COMES RIDING Next morning Lloyd found that her exaltedmood had faded away with the stars. Any fire mustpale before the broad light of day, and her vestal-maiden fervour had given place to a very lively butmundane interest in the brother-in-laws brother. She was glad to hear at breakfast that he likedtennis, was a good horseman, that private theatricalswere always a success when he had a hand in them.She stored away in her memory for future use. theinformati
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. The Little Colonel's knight comes riding . s constant watch, shewould keep tryst with all that Life demanded ofher. CHAPTER III A KNIGHT COMES RIDING Next morning Lloyd found that her exaltedmood had faded away with the stars. Any fire mustpale before the broad light of day, and her vestal-maiden fervour had given place to a very lively butmundane interest in the brother-in-laws brother. She was glad to hear at breakfast that he likedtennis, was a good horseman, that private theatricalswere always a success when he had a hand in them.She stored away in her memory for future use. theinformation that he had lived several years in Spainand Mexico, and spoke Spanish like a native, thatunlike Jameson he was prouder of his Castilianancestors than his English ones, and that two of hisfads were collecting pipes and rare old ivory carv-ings. The more she heard about him the less sure she felt of being able to keep her promise to Gay. It began to seem presumptuous to her that a mere school-girl should imagine that she could exert any 46. *DREW REIN A MOMENT AT THE GATE, TO LOOK DOWN THESTATELY AVENUE. A KNIGHT COMES RIDING 47 influence over such an accomplished man of theworld as he evidently was. All that day shepictured to herself at intervals how she should meethim and what she should say. It was a new ex-perience for the haughty Princess who had alwaysbeen so indifferent to the opinions of her boyfriends. Gays request had made her self-conscious.Fortunately she had a glimpse of him before he sawher, which helped her to adjust herself to the roleshe wanted to assume. The morning after his arrival in the Valley, heand Ranald rode past the Locusts, and drew rein amoment at the gate, to look down the stately avenuewhich was always pointed out to strangers. Lloydwatched their approach from behind a leafy screenof lilac bushes. The gleam of a wild strawberryhad lured her over there from the path, a fewminutes before. Then the discovery of a patch offour-leaf clovers near by h