"Only we never managed to hitch--that's all.

You asked me if I came from the same place.

I used to live in Gridley, but I--er--well, I went away to Fordham to another school.

My father had a summer place in Fordham, and he took up his voting residence in Fordham, though spending a good part of his winters in Gridley.
That's how I'm credited to Fordham, not Gridley." "Thank you for telling me," nodded Anstey.

"I had just been wondering if it were not crowding things a bit to send three young men all from Gridley." "I'm not only not from Gridley, but I came in as an alternate, anyway." "How are you getting on with Corporal Spurlock ?" asked Anstey.
"That fellow?
Oh, hang him! Spurlock drives me wild.