You must give me a lesson or two when you pull round.

We've a capital course here." "That's very kind of you," said Paul, "but I'm afraid I shall be well enough for ordinary purposes long before I'm able to handle a golf club." "What do you mean ?" "This silly pleurisy.

It will hang about for ages!" "Well ?" "I'll have to go my ways from here long before I can play." "Any great hurry ?" "I can't go on accepting your wonderful hospitality indefinitely," said Paul.
"That's nonsense.

Stay as long as ever you like." "If I did that," said Paul, "I would stay on forever." The Colonel smiled and shook hands with him.

In the ordinary way of social life this was quite an unnecessary thing to do.