"He has only seen you twice, Timothy." "That was evidently sufficient," said Sir Timothy, meaning to be ironical, and unaware that he was stating a plain fact.

"I shall certainly not telegraph to tell him that my son has lied to him, well as Peter deserves that I should do so." "Oh, don't, don't; you are so hard!" she said piteously.

"If you'd only listened to him when he implored you to let him go, we could have made his last days at home all they should be.

He's been hiding in London, poor Peter; getting his outfit by stealth, ashamed, whilst other boys are being _feted_ and praised by their people, proud of earning so early their right to be considered men.

And--and he's only a boy.