That will get me here in ample time for dinner at half-past seven." "And what train do you go by in the morning ?" enquired Austin.
"The 10.27," replied his aunt.

"I shall take the omnibus from the Peacock that starts at a quarter to ten." It cannot be said that Aunt Charlotte's projected trip to town interested Austin much.

Business of any sort was a profound mystery to him, and with regard to speculations, investments, and such-like matters his mind was a perfect blank.

He had a vague notion that perhaps Aunt Charlotte wanted some money, and that the bankers had refused to give her any; though whether she had a right to demand it, or they a right to withhold it, he had no more idea than the man in the moon.

So he dismissed the whole affair from his mind as something with which he had nothing whatever to do, and spent the evening in the company of Sir Thomas Browne.