And yet, so long as he was there, nobody could forget or overlook him; so splendid was the physical presence of the man, and so strong the impression of his personality--even in trivial things.
* * * * * Meanwhile, everybody in the house had gone to bed, except Nora and her father.

She had lit a little fire in his study, as the night had grown chilly; she had put a little tray with tea on it by his side, and helped him to arrange the Greats papers, in which he was still immersed, under his hand.

And finally she brought his pipe and filled it for him.
"Must you sit up long, father ?" "An hour or two," said Ewen Hooper wearily.

"I wish I didn't get so limp.

But these Honour exams take it out of one.