The only thing he regretted was losing sight of his two or three student-friends, especially Earwaker and Buckland Warricombe.

They, to be sure, would soon guess the reason of his disappearance.

Would they join in the laughter certain to be excited by 'Peak's Dining and Refreshment Rooms'?
Probably; how could they help it?
Earwaker might be superior to a prejudice of that kind; his own connections were of humble standing.

But Warricombe must wince and shrug his shoulders.

Perhaps even some of the Professors would have their attention directed to the ludicrous mishap: they were gentlemen, and, even though they smiled, must certainly sympathise with him.
Wait a little.