"

"I admit that this is the one great deficiency of an otherwise admirably
ordered resort," Huntington agreed. "Still, it is a whole lot better
than no course at all, so let us be philosophers.--I'll be ready in an
hour."

The afternoon's round proved an eventful one to Huntington. Not that his
clubs were under better control, or that he was less penalized by the
atrocious lies encountered so frequently. Not that he succeeded in
defeating his opponent, which was usually the measure of an eventful
day; but he found Cosden in a state of mind which gave him infinite
relief.

The weak spots shown up by the analysis Huntington had made of his
friendship with Cosden caused him real anxiety, explain them as he
would. It was one thing to play with a man three times a week and
another to live with him for a month of consecutive holidays. He had
wondered whether their relations could ever return to what he had
believed them to be before the shock came to his sense of propriety.
Cosden's new state of mind shifted the balance so that the scales hung
even, and the hope thus engendered made him indifferent to sliced
drives, bad lies, or topped approaches. To Huntington, a friendship such
as this had been assumed the proportions of a trust, and to disturb it
was to shake the foundations of his every-day life to a most disquieting
extent.

"This visit to Bermuda hasn't been at all what I expected," Cosden
confided to him; "but I'm inclined to think it has been a success after
all."

"I have found much to interest me here," Huntington admitted.

"Between you and Miss Stevens I've learned a few things about myself I
didn't know before. The experience hasn't been altogether palatable, but
perhaps it will prove salutary."

"That is ancient history now, Connie," Huntington protested, following
his usual custom of avoiding the unpleasant. "Why bring it up again?
Keep your mind on your game."

"It hasn't become ancient history yet," he insisted. "I want you to
understand that I appreciate your friendliness in going out of your way
to say disagreeable things when you thought I needed to hear them. It
isn't every one who would have done it."

"That's all right; now let's forget it."

"I don't want to forget it. In fact I'm particularly keen on remembering
it. I tackled a job before I knew how to handle it, with the inevitable
consequences. Now I think I can come nearer to understanding what the
game is."

He paused long enough