His old love of boating had revived with the more force now that he was in town with the Mallingers, because he could nowhere else get the same still seclusion which the river gave him. He had a boat of his own at Putney, and whenever Sir Hugo did not want him, it was his chief holiday to row till past sunset and come in again with the stars. 
His old love of boating had revived; he had a boat at Putney, and it was his chief holiday to row till past sunset and come in with the stars.
