"Nothing I know of, except billiard marking and steeplechase riding."
"Then, you approve of it?"
"I do, most heartily. The work will be good for you. You have worked before, and can do it again. Remember how well you got on at Shrewsbury."
Then Charles told him about the relations between himself and Father Mackworth, and what had happened that day.
"You and he have had disgraceful scenes like this before, haven't you?"
"Yes, but never so bad as this."
"He is a very passionate man, isn't he? You took utterly wrong grounds for what you did to-day. Don't you see that you have no earthly grounds for what you said, except your own suspicions? The girl's own account of the matter seems natural enough. That she was walking with your most saint-like brother, and the priest found them, and sent them to the right-about with fleas in their ears."
"I believe that man to be a great villain," said Charles.
"So may I," said the other, "but I shan't tell him so till I can prove it. As for that quarrel between William and his sister the night you came home, that proves nothing, except that she has been going too far with some one. But who? What have you been doing that empowers him to say that he will crush you like a moth?"
"Oh, bravado, I take it! You should have seen how mad he looked when he said it."