164 THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN 



a marble clock on the mr.ntelpiece, I picked up 

 in despair. I shall never forget his lordship's 

 delight, later on in the game, on his becoming 

 " Dormy two," when a pretty approach shot of 

 mine was caught by the keyboard of the piano, 

 and I hooked my next into the coal-scuttle 



.^^^ 



(taking three to get out), while with a fine 

 lofting shot over an occasional- table my host 

 laid his ball dead on the hearth-rug in four. 



Lady Chorlesbury watched the game with 

 interest from a chair near the Anndow, and it 

 was tacitly agreed (in accordance with a local 

 by-law) that whenever a ball struck her on the 



