"You will understand," he said, earnestly, "that if my behaviour is not
strictly correct it is entirely owing to ignorance. I have no idea as to
the exact position a caddie should take up."

"What a pity you are going away so soon," she said. "I might have given
you lessons."

"Don't tempt me," he begged. "I can assure you that without me the
constitution of this country would collapse within a week."

She looked at him--properly awed.

"What a wonderful person you are!"

"I am glad," he said, meekly, "that you are beginning to appreciate me."

"As a caddie," she remarked, "you are not, I must confess, wholly
perfect. For instance, your attention should be entirely devoted to the
person whose clubs you are carrying, instead of which you talk to me and
watch Mrs. Handsell."

He was almost taken aback. For a pretty girl she was really not so much
of a fool as he had thought her.

"I deny it _in toto_!" he declared.

"Ah, but I know you," she answered. "You are a politician, and you would
deny anything. Don't you think her very handsome?"

Borrowdean gravely considered the matter, which was in itself a somewhat