We sometimes have tea with them both.' 'Ah, you do?
He's a very decent, quiet fellow, is Grail.

I dare say he tells you something about Egremont now and then ?' Mr.Bower put the question in a casual way; in truth, it was designed to elicit information which he much desired.

He knew that for some time Grail had been on a new footing with the lecturer, that the two often remained together after the class had dispersed; it was a privilege which he regarded disapprovingly, because it lessened his own dignity in the eyes of the other men.

He wondered what the subject of these private conversations might be; there had seemed to him something of mystery in Grail's manner when he was plied with a friendly inquiry or two.
'I've heard him speak of the lectures,' said Lydia.

'He says he enjoys them very much.' 'To be sure.