I was coming back, but Mallard clutched me by the coat-collar.
Even now I've come sorely against his will.

I left him at Amalfi.

I'm going to settle my affairs here to-morrow, and join him again.

He's persuaded me to try and work at Amalfi." "How long do you think of staying there ?" "It all depends.

Perhaps I shan't be able to do anything, after all." "But surely that depends on yourself." "Not a bit! If I were a carpenter or bricklayer, one might say so--in a sense.