"I'm only too delighted to stay.

And now, old fellow, tell me the honest truth--you didn't, you know, in your letter--how have you been getting on ?" Derrick launched into an account of his father's ailments.
"Oh, hang the Major! I don't care about him, I want to know about you," I cried.
"About me ?" said Derrick doubtfully.

"Oh, I'm right enough." "What do you do with yourself?
How on earth do you kill time ?" I asked.
"Come, give me a full, true, and particular account of it all." "We have tried three other servants," said Derrick; "but the plan doesn't answer.

They either won't stand it, or else they are bribed into smuggling brandy into the house.

I find I can do most things for my father, and in the morning he has an attendant from the hospital who is trustworthy, and who does what is necessary for him.