Does Mr.Raymond think Taffy clever ?" "He never talks about it." "But he _thinks_ so.

I know; because at lessons when he says anything to Taffy it's quite different from the way he talks to George and me.

He doesn't favour him, of course; he's much too fair.
But there's a difference.

It's as if he _expected_ Taffy to understand.

Did Mr.Raymond teach him all those stories he knows ?" "What stories ?" "Fairy tales, and that sort of thing." "Good gracious me, no!" "Then _you_ must have.