He is with Miss Layton." "Ah, I am not sorry, I prefer to talk with you alone." "It is perhaps better.

Your cousin is impulsive in some respects, though self-contained enough in others." "It may be so.

I like him, although we have not seen much of each other since we were children.

I knew him this morning principally on account of his likeness to Alan.

But you are his friend, Mr.Brett, and I can discuss with you matters I would not care to broach with him.