At the end of the bout, when George said, "Now we must shake hands; it's the proper thing to do," he looked bewildered for a moment.

It made George laugh in his easy way, and then Taffy laughed too.
After this they had a bout almost every day; and he was soon able to hold his own and treat it as sport.

But somehow he always felt a passion behind it, whispering to him to put some nastiness into his blows, especially when Honoria came to look on.

And yet he liked George far better than he liked Honoria.

Indeed, he adored George, and the Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings when George appeared were the bright spots in his week.