There is a secretary with him--a dark and silent man named Murray, who appears to have an automatic, double-action brain; anyway he can write a letter and answer questions at the same time.

And he watches your father's lips as if he--the secretary, not Sir Stephen--were a dog waiting for a stone to be thrown.

It is interesting to watch--for a time; then it gets on one's nerves.

May I ask where you have been ?" "Oh, just for a ride; been trying the new horse: he's a clinker! The governor couldn't have got hold of a better if he'd searched all Arabia, and Hungary to boot.

I'll just change and get some lunch.