"I don't know--poor fellow! I daresay his life at Cambridge is very dull." "Yes.

Entirely devoid of that species of amusement which he has enjoyed so abundantly in Billingsfield.

It is not every undergraduate who has a chance to talk to you for a week at a time." Mr.Juxon made the remark very calmly, without seeming to be in the least annoyed.

He was much too wise a man to appear to be displeased at Mrs.
Goddard's treatment of John.

Moreover, he felt that on the present occasion, at least, John had been summarily worsted; it was his turn to be magnanimous.
"If you are going to make compliments, I will go away," said Mrs.
Goddard.
"I?
I never made a compliment in my life," replied the squire complacently.