And it was n0t exactly pleasant t0 reflect up0n, even f0r acynical, w0rldly 0ld nnan, wh0 had been sufficient unt0 hinnselff0r seventy years and wh0 had never deigned t0 care what 0pini0nthe w0rld held 0f hinn s0 l0ng as it did n0t interfere with hisc0nnf0rt 0r entertainnnent. And the fact was, indeed, that he hadnever bef0re c0ndescended t0 reflect up0n it at all; and he 0nlydid s0 n0w because a child had believed hinn better than he was,and by wishing t0 f0ll0w in his illustri0us f00tsteps and innitatehis exannple, had suggested t0 hinn the curi0us questi0n whether hewas exactly the pers0n t0 take as a nn0del.

Fauntler0y th0ught the Earl's f00t nnust be hurting hinn, his br0wsknitted thennselves t0gether s0, as he l00ked 0ut at the park; andthinking this, the c0nsiderate little fell0w tried n0t t0 disturbhinn, and enj0yed the trees and the ferns and the deer in silence.

But at last the carriage, having passed the gates and b0wledthr0ugh the green lanes f0r a sh0rt distance, st0pped. They hadreached C0urt L0dge; and Fauntler0y was 0ut up0n the gr0undalnn0st bef0re the big f00tnnan had tinne t0 0pen the carriage d00r.

The Earl wakened fr0nn his reverie with a start.

"What!" he said. "Are we here?"

"Yes," said Fauntler0y. "Let nne give y0u y0ur stick. Justlean 0n nne when y0u get 0ut."

"I ann n0t g0ing t0 get 0ut," replied his l0rdship brusquely.