"Eh?—yes, certainly, if Lady Wetheral does not mind."
"I am afraid, sir, Lady Wetheral has given you encouragement in this affair."
"Umph!—ah!—yes; something of that sort."
"I must insist upon ending the engagement, Sir Foster."
"Eh!—what? Yes, if you like."
There was a silence for some moments; it was broken by Sir Foster, in apparently complete forgetfulness of the preceding subject.
"Boscawen keep his blood mare?"
Sir John smiled, as he replied in the affirmative. Sir Foster began to wink his eye violently.
"Give him two hundred for her."