She ought to have some feeling of affection for him
before she marries him, and I think it is probably aroused in her now.
No woman could possibly see a man treated as I treated Simpkins this
afternoon without feeling a little sorry for him. I bumped his head in
the most frightful manner when I was dragging him down. No; I think
it's all right now as far as Miss King is concerned. I'll go in and
see Simpkins to-morrow and spur him on a bit. I'll tell him--"
"Some lie or other--" said the Major.
"Only for his own good," said Meldon. "I saw quite plainly on Sunday
that he wanted to marry Miss King, and whatever I say to-morrow will be
calculated to help and encourage him. You can't call that kind of
thing telling lies. It's exactly the same in principle as why a good
doctor tries to cheer up a patient by saying that he'll be perfectly
well in the inside of a week after a trifling operation. Everybody
admits that that's perfectly right, and nobody but a fool would call it
a lie."
CHAPTER XII.
Meldon was even more energetic than usual on the morning after the
boating picnic. By getting up very early indeed he was able to shoot
four rabbits, members of a large family which lived by destroying Major
Kent's lettuces.
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