"'Walters, never again.'
"'No, my Lord,' I replied.
"'I mean,' continued his Lordship, 'I'll never go against your advice again, Walters, never!'
"And he never did, sir."
"Is that all you have to say upon the ethics of horsewhipping, Walters?" Dare enquired as he proceeded to enjoy the omelette au jambon, in the making of which Walters is an adept.
"It would be advisable to make careful preparation, sir," was Walters' matter-of-fact reply. "There was the mishap of his Lordship."
"Yes," Dare mused as he poured out another cup of coffee; "there's always that danger. Life is crammed with anti-climax."
"Yes, sir!"
"How would you go to work, Walters?" Dare questioned.
Without a moment's hesitation Walters replied, "I do not know, sir, whether you have noticed that even battles now-a-days have to be rehearsed."