But at last the horse sat down on the bank gasping, wiped its forehead, and, in spite of frenzied entreaties, proceeded to put on its socks and boots.
Lord Newhaven was not to be moved a second time. He lit a cigarette and observed that the moment for sailing boats had arrived.
The boats were accordingly sailed. Lord Newhaven tilted his hat over his eyes and acted as umpire.
"It is not usual to sail boats upsidedown," he said, seeing Teddy deliberately upset his.
"They are doing it out there," said Teddy, who had a reason for most things. And he continued to sail his boat upsidedown.
Lord Newhaven got up, and swept the water with his eye. His face became keen. Then his glance fell anxiously on the children.
"Teddy and Pauly," he said, "promise me that you will both play on this one bit of sand, and not go in the water till I come back."
They promised, staring bewildered at their father.
In another moment Lord Newhaven was tearing through the brushwood that fringed the water's edge.
As he neared the boat-house he saw another figure trying to shove out the remaining boat.