"I shall do my best to get you a licking. All in good part, you know."
"Perfectly natural, But I shall win!"
CHAPTER VIII
"Do you know of any good house to let in or near the town?" inquired Denzil of his sister the next morning, as they chatted after Toby's departure to business.
"A house! What do you want with one?"
"Oh, I must have a local habitation—the more solid the better."
Mrs. Liversedge examined him.
"What is going on, Denzil?"
"My candidature—that's all. Any houses advertised in this rag?" He took up yesterday's Examiner, and began to search the pages.