roceedings of the Club which he had himself inaugurated in an
idle hour. He dropped in occasionally to watch a game, and he took
interest in Bunny's progress; but he was very rarely moved to play
himself. He was too restless, too volatile, to maintain any lasting
enthusiasm for any pastime. All that was generally seen of him when
staying at Burchester was a lightning glimpse as he tore by in his car,
or else galloped furiously over the downs and along the hard sands in the
early morning.

He was a good deal in town as a rule during the season, but with the
general exodus in July he was invariably the first to go, driven by a
fever that gave him no rest. Even his most intimate friends seldom knew
where he was to be found or whither his wild fancy would take him next.
No one was sure of him at any time. He would accept an engagement and
throw it up again without scruple if it did not accord with his mood. Yet
wherever he went he could always command a welcome--at least from the
feminine portion of the community who declared that Charles Rex could not
be judged by ordinary standards; he was a law unto himself.

Even Bunny did not know where he was on that hot afternoon in mid-July
when all Fairharbour gathered to watch a match between the regular team
and the visitors. It bid fair to be an exciting event, and he was in high
spirits at being one of those chosen to play. Maud had promised to bring
Toby down to see the game at his special request. He had seen very little
of Toby since that night at the Castle, though he was forced to admit to
himself that if she avoided him of set purpose she did it in a fashion
that baffled detection. She seemed to have settled down as a regular
inmate of Jake's household, and with the exception of her early rides
with Jake she gave herself up almost exclusively to helping Maud with the
children. She had eased his sister's burden in a wonderful fashion, and
the children loved her dearly. Her readiness and her sweet temper never
seemed to fail. She was but a child herself, but Bunny had an uneasy
feeling that she was changing. She had stipulated for six months, but he
sometimes wondered if by the end of that time she would not have
contrived to put herself out of his reach. It was that suspicion that
kept him hotly determined to pursue her untiringly till he captured her.
Even at a distance that odd charm of hers lured him strongly, and he knew
instinctively that if once she were launched in