been great; but he dearly loved
the hills and fresh air, and the few grouse which were,--or were
not,--on Lady Eustace's mountains would go as far with him as they
would with any man. Before he had consented to come with Frank, he
had especially inquired whether there was a game-keeper, and it was
not till he had been assured that there was no officer attached to
the estate worthy of such a name, that he had consented to come upon
his present expedition. "I don't clearly know what a gillie is," he
said, in answer to one of Frank's explanations. "If a gillie means
a lad without any breeches on, I don't mind; but I couldn't stand a
severe man got up in well-made velveteens, who would see through my
ignorance in a moment, and make known by comment the fact that he had
done so." Greystock had promised that there should be no severity,
and Herriot had come. Greystock brought with him two guns, two
fishing-rods, a man-servant, and a huge hamper from Fortnum and
Mason's. Arthur Herriot, whom the attorneys had not yet loved,
brought some very thick boots, a pair of knickerbockers, together
with Stone and Toddy's "Digest of the Common Law." The best of the
legal profession consists in this;--that when you get fairly at work
you may give over working. An aspirant must learn everything; but
a man may make his fortune at it, and know almost nothing. He may
examine a witness with judgment, see through a case with precision,
address a jury with eloquence,--and yet be altogether ignorant of
law. But he must be believed to be a very pundit before he will get
a chance of exercising his judgment, his precision, or his eloquence.
The men whose names are always in the newspapers never look at their
Stone and Toddy,--care for it not at all,--have their Stone and Toddy
got up for them by their juniors when cases require that reference
shall be made to precedents. But till that blessed time has come, a
barrister who means success should carry his Stone and Toddy with him
everywhere. Greystock never thought of the law now, unless he had
some special case in hand; but Herriot could not afford to go out on
his holiday without two volumes of Stone and Toddy's Digest in his
portmanteau.

"You won't mind being left alone for the first morning?" said Frank,
as soon as they had finished the contents of one of the pots from
Fortnum and Mason.

"Not in the least. Stone and Toddy will carry me through."

"I'd go on the mountain if I were you, and g