"We will take turns, Mr.Short." The suggestion did not meet with any enthusiastic response from John, who wished Mr.Juxon were not able to skate.
Poor John, he had but one idea, which consisted simply in getting Mrs.
Goddard to himself as often and as long as possible.

Unfortunately this idea did not coincide with Mr.Juxon's views.

Mr.Juxon was an older, slower and calmer man than the enthusiastic young scholar, and though very far from obtruding his views or making any assertion of his rights, was equally far from forgetting them.

He was a man more of actions than words.

He had been in the habit of monopolising Mrs.Goddard's society for months and he had no intention of relinquishing his claims, even for the charitable purpose of allowing a poor student to enjoy his Christmas holiday and bit of romance undisturbed.