It was a pleasure to see his yacht lying so near him, and Davy on
the deck, and to hear the blows of the hammer and the swish of the
plane as the carpenter went on with the alterations to which he
had set him, but he got tired of sharing in activity only with his
ears and eyes. One thing he had by it, however, and that was--a
good lesson in quiescent waiting--a grand thing for any man, and
most of all for those in whom the active is strong.
The next day Florimel did not ride until after lunch, but took her
maid with her to the studio, and Malcolm had a long morning with
Kelpie. Once again he passed the beautiful lady in Rotten Row, but
Kelpie was behaving in a most exemplary manner, and he could not
tell whether she even saw him. I believe she thought her lecture
had done him good. The day after that Lord Liftore was able to ride,
and for some days Florimel and he rode in the park before dinner,
when, as Malcolm followed on the new horse, he had to see his
lordship make love to his sister, without being able to find the
least colourable pretext of involuntary interference.
At length the parcel he had sent for from Lossie House arrived.
He had explained to Mrs Courthope what he wanted the things for,
and she had made no difficulty of sending them to the address he
gave her.
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