CHAPTER VII 



Mr. Glasgow made no difficulty about 

 hunting the hounds during Hugh's absence. 

 The office was very much to his taste, and 

 its obligations fitted in satisfactorily with 

 his inclinations. These he summarized with 

 a fine brevity. He promised himself that 

 he would wipe French's eye ; his exact 

 motive for doing so he did not attempt to 

 define. He calculated that he would have 

 four days of office before Hugh returned. 

 Four days only ! The inequality of things ! 

 he thought, with an impatient sigh, gather- 

 ing up a bundle of highly unsatisfactory 

 letters, that he had received that morning, 

 and slamming the lid of his desk down on 

 them. 



Fortune favoured him. The weather was 

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