"Oh, there's Mr.Symes now! How are you, Mr.Symes?
You didn't expect to see me here, did you ?" "Well, well, if it ain't Miss Briggs," beamed the old man joyfully.

His remembrance of J.Elfreda was decidedly pleasant.

She had always paid him generously for the numerous errands he had run for her.

He greeted Grace with equal enthusiasm, and bobbed like a nodding mandarin before Mrs.Gray.
"I hope you have been well, Mr.Symes.How is your wife and how do you like being caretaker of Harlowe House ?" asked Grace.
"I'm well, miss, and so's my wife.

It's a fine place, miss, that Harlowe House, an' it'll be finer still when fall comes and it's full of Overton students.