He was so mixed up with my daily life, I came so continually into contact with him, that it was impossible to avoid his name.
Gladys understood this, for she once replied,-- 'I am really and honestly glad that you and Giles work so well together.
He will be a good friend to you, I know, for when he forms a favourable opinion of a person he is slow to change it, and Giles is one who, with all his faults, will go through fire and water for his friends.

I like to hear of him in this way, for you always put him in the best light, and though you may not believe it after all my hard speeches, I am sufficiently proud of my brother to wish him to be properly appreciated.' And after this I mentioned him less reluctantly.
Max came back about ten days after Jill had left us.

I found him waiting for me one evening when I got back to the cottage.

As usual, he greeted me most affectionately, only he laughed when I made him turn to the light that I might see how he looked.
'Well, what is your opinion, Ursula, my dear?
I hope you have noticed the gray hairs in my beard.

I saw them there this morning.' 'You are rather tanned by the cold winds.