"Miss Matilda's?" she asked, laughing.
He nodded.
"I fancy it was lurid enough," she went on; "but your good father's out of leading-strings this time, and no mistake."
"Tell me all about it," he said. "I'm most anxious to know."
"Of course you are," she returned. "So here goes."
Banborough enjoyed the recital immensely, and laughed immoderately at certain passages.
"So the governor knows all about our adventures?" he said, when she had finished. "Did he seem much upset?"
"Only about not recognising you when you blacked his eye under the bar."
"What a good old chap he is! Just think of his coming all that way to hunt me up! I wish he could have some fun out of life."
"We must try and help him to do so," she said.