Scott smothered a sudden sigh. "Which only proves how very little you know about me," he said.
But Dinah shook her head, wholly unconvinced. Here at least she was absolutely sure of her ground.
"'Mr. Greatheart was a strong man,'" she quoted, "'and he was not afraid of a Lion.'"
"There are sometimes worse things than lions in the path," said Scott gravely.
CHAPTER VIII
THE VICTORY
The return of Sir Eustace, marshalling the Vicar before him, put an end to further confidences.
Dinah rose nervously to receive the new-comer—a tall, thin man, elderly, with a grave, intellectual face and courteous manner, who looked at her with a gleam of surprise as he took her shyly proffered hand.
"It is a great privilege to meet you," he said then, and Dinah perceived at once that he had prepared that remark for someone much more imposing than herself, and had not time to readjust it.
She thanked him, and he sat down at Scott's invitation and fell into a troubled silence.