"Yes. He has quite got over his wild-oats theories, and his girl now has him completely in hand. I have seen them together, and I know. They are very happy."
My romantic friend sighed comfortably, and concluded:--
"I have promised to be best man."
"You?"
"Yes; he asked me, and one can't decline. You are coming with me, fellow-sport, to represent the Senior Members of the University!"
I went. No one ever refuses anything to The Freak.
BOOK TWO
A BLIND ALLEY
CHAPTER IV
TRAVELS WITH A FIRST RESERVE