"
"But for your own sake--just consider:--what will people say
if you show any preference for a man like that?" said Liftore, who
had already become jealous of the man who in his heart he feared
could ride better than himself.
"My lord!" exclaimed Florimel, with a mingling of surprise and
indignation in her voice, and suddenly quickening .her pace, dropped
him behind.
Malcolm was after her so instantly that it brought him abreast of
Liftore.
"Keep your own place," said his lordship, with stern rebuke.
"I keep my place to my mistress," returned Malcolm.
Liftore looked at him as it he would strike him. But he thought
better of it apparently, and rode after Florimel.
CHAPTER XX: BLUE PETER
By the time he had put up Kelpie, Malcolm found that his only chance
of seeing Blue Peter before he left London, lay in going direct to
the wharf. On his road he reflected on what had just passed, and
was not altogether pleased with himself. He had nearly lost his
temper with Liftore; and if he should act in any way unbefitting
the position he had assumed, from the duties of which he was in no
degree exonerated by the fact that he had assumed it for a purpose,
it would not only be a failure in himself, but an impediment perhaps
insurmountable in the path of his service.
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