I do not think I am glad--are you ?" "Yes, I am glad.

It is someone for whom I have a great regard," and Mr.
Carlyon knocked the ashes from his long pipe.

"It is a young man who used to be at Oxford and to whom also I taught Greek." "Then he will know a great deal more than I do, being older," returned Halcyone, not at all mollified by this information.
"Yes, he knows rather more than you do as yet," the Professor allowed.
"Perhaps you will not like him; he can be quite disagreeable when he wishes--and he may not like you." Halcyone's dark brows met.
"If he is someone for whom you have a regard he must be of those who count.

I shall be angry then, if he dislikes me--is he coming soon ?" "On Monday, by the four o'clock train." "Our lesson will be over--that is something.

You will not want me on Tuesday, I expect ?" and a note of regret grew in her voice.
"I thought you might have a holiday for a while, all pupils have holidays in the summer," the Professor returned.
"Very well," was all she said, and then was quiet for a time, thinking the matter over.