Leger?'
'I have heard something of this before,' said Sir Tichborne, 'but I did
not believe it. A young friend of mine consulted me upon the subject.
"Would you advise me," said he, "to settle?" "Why," said I, "if you
can prove any bubble, my opinion is, don't; but if you cannot prove
anything, my opinion is, do."'
'Very just! very true!' were murmured by many in the neighbourhood of
the oracle; by no one with more personal sincerity than Lady Tichborne
herself.
'I will write to my young friend,' continued the Baronet.
'Oh, no!' said Miss Dacre. 'His Grace's candour must not be abused. I
have no idea of being robbed of my well-earned honours. Sir Tichborne,
private conversation must be respected, and the sanctity of domestic
life must not be profaned. If the tactics of Doncaster are no longer to
be fair war, why, half the families in the Riding will be ruined!'
'Still,'--said Sir Tichborne.
But Mr. Dacre, like a deity in a Trojan battle, interposed, and asked
his opinion of a keeper.
'I hope you are a sportsman,' said Miss Dacre to the Duke, 'for this is
the palace of Nimrod!'
'I have hunted; it was not very disagreeable.
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