He would do as the others and make the best of them.
"It is very kind of you," he said.

"I am not prepared to make a visit,--I mean my clothes, and that sort of thing,--but if you will take me as I am, I will come with pleasure." Mr.Cowper's face showed the liveliest satisfaction.

Edith, on the other hand, never turned her head, although she felt Burton's eyes upon her.
"Capital!" the professor declared.

"Now do not think that we are trying to abduct you, but there is a motor-car outside.

We are going to take you straight home.