I wish I had more of the gift of brutality; I see a way in which I might do him good; but it goes against the grain with me." "That I can believe," said Godfrey, with his pleasantest look and nod.
"I was afraid he might somehow scrape together money enough to pursue her to Egypt.

Perhaps he's trying for that.

The Pomfrets want me to go down to Ashstead and have a talk with them about him.

Whether he managed to see the girl before she left England, I don't know." "After all, he _has_ been badly treated," said Sherwood sympathetically.
"Well, yes, he has.

But a fellow must have common sense, most of all with regard to women.