I knew him years before he went to Oxford, but I had not got far enough in my reading for him to entertain the idea of helping me in classics till he left home.

Then I was sent away from the village, and we very seldom met; but he kept up this system of tuition by correspondence with the greatest regularity.

I will tell you all the story, but not now.

There is nothing more to say now, beyond giving places, persons, and dates.' His voice became timidly slow at this point.
'No; don't take trouble to say more.

You are a dear honest fellow to say so much as you have; and it is not so dreadful either.