No one said anything, but I knew how you felt, and that Mr Laurie sent me off partly to get me out of the way.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it ?' And Nat took his head in both hands as if it ached with the confusion of hopes and fears, passions and plans that proved boyhood was past and manhood had begun.
'Very tough, but it is that very struggle with obstacles which does us good.

Things have been made easy for you in many ways, but no one can do everything.

You must paddle your own canoe now, and learn to avoid the rapids and steer straight to the port you want to reach.

I don't know just what your temptations will be for you have no bad habits and seem to love music so well, nothing can lure you from it.