"Why in the world wasn't I told ?" "You were told, sir," said Evans firmly but respectfully.

"I came into the study here and told you, and you answered 'All right, Evans.' But I had my doubts, sir, whether you really heard or not." Mr.Pollard hardly waited for the end of the explanation.

He hurried out of the room and sprang up the stairs.

He had arranged purposely for the young Prince to come to the house a day before term began.

He was likely to be shy, ill-at-ease and homesick, among so many strange faces and unfamiliar ways.