CHAPTER VI
"HALLO, Johnny! Running for the compensation stakes?" Johnny laughed.
"You mean the maid? She is rather pretty, isn't she?"
"Very," said the other.
Had he heard? That was a question and a fear in Johnny's mind. The marble bench was less than six feet from the bush where Peter Kane stood. If he had been there any time.
"Been waiting long for me, Peter?" he asked.
"No! I just saw you take a farewell of Lila, very nice girl, that, Johnny, an extraordinarily nice girl. I don't know when I've seen a nicer. What did you find to talk about?"
"The weather, dicky-birds and the course of true love," said Johnny, as Kane took his arm and led him across the lawn.
"Everything variable and flighty, eh?" said Peter with a little smile. "Come and eat, Johnny. These people are going away
