John Reed Scott (1869-? ) was the author of The Colonel of the Red Huzzars (1906), Beatrix of Clare (1907), The Woman in Question (1909), The Make- Believe; or, The Imposter (1911) and The Cab of the Sleeping Horse (1916). "All together; on the turf beside you, if you please. Thank you. And do you know, Sir Aymer, I am vastly taken with the short gown of velvet and sable-you brought it from France, I assume; the fashion smacks of the Continent. I would like much to have your opinion as to how it looks on me-we are rather of a size, I take it-though I shall have to forego the pleasure of the opinion until another day. And now that I can see your doublet, I am enamoured also of it-will you lend it to me for a little while? Truly, my lord, I mind never to have seen a handsomer, or one that caught my fancy more. "