He was a great favorite here.
Father and he were famous friends.

Father said that Philip had no end of nonsense in him and was always blundering into something, but he was a royal good fellow and would come out all right." "Did you think he was fickle ?" "Why, I never thought whether he was or not," replied Alice looking up.
"I suppose he was always in love with some girl or another, as college boys are.

He used to make me his confidant now and then, and be terribly in the dumps." "Why did he come to you ?" pursued Ruth you were younger than he." "I'm sure I don't know.

He was at our house a good deal.

Once at a picnic by the lake, at the risk of his own life, he saved sister Millie from drowning, and we all liked to have him here.