It is a mercy Uncle Colin was not here, for I honestly believe that, if he had been, he would have done the "cleaving to the chine" himself.

It has been a narrow escape for Master Ernest, for only this morning Rupert had a message, sent on from Gibraltar, saying that he was arriving with his clansmen, and that they would not be far behind his letter.

He would call at Otranto in case someone should come across to pilot him to Vissarion.
Uncle told me all about that young cad having offered him one finger in Mr.Trent's office, though, of course, he didn't let the cad see that he noticed it.

I have no doubt that, when he does arrive, that young man, if he is here still, will find that he will have to behave himself, if it be only on Sir Colin's account alone.
THE SAME (LATER).
I had hardly finished writing when the lookout on the tower announced that the _Teuta_, as Rupert calls his aeroplane, was sighted crossing the mountains from Plazac.

I hurried up to see him arrive, for I had not as yet seen him on his "aero." Mr.Ernest Melton came up, too.