“All signs of weakness, as the doctor would say. Now you want to be strong enough to go with me to-morrow—mounted?”
“Of course.”
“Then try and do something to make yourself fit. I shouldn’t perhaps be able to catch you as I did just now if you fainted on horseback, and in a London crowd; for we should be under the wing of the troops sent to meet the prisoners coming in.”
“I shall be all right, sir,” said the boy firmly.
“Go and have a walk in the fresh air, then, now.”
“Must I?” said Frank dismally.
“If you wish to go with me.”
“Where shall I go, then?”
“Anywhere; go and have a turn in the Park.”
“What, go and walk up and down there, where people may know me!”