When I got on to the situation, I began to enjoy it.
I let him spread himself for a while just to see what he would do.

Good Lord! I couldn't have believed that any fellow could have thought any other fellow could be such a fool as he thought I was.

He went perfectly crazy after a month or so and ordered me about and patronised me as if I was a bootblack he meant to teach something to.

So at last I had a talk with Lily and told her I was going to put an end to it.

Of course she cried and was half frightened to death, but by that time he had ill-used her so that she only wanted to get rid of him.