I daresay it is not very punctual." "Oh! yes, she is--when the weather is decent.

I will make inquiries, and come and fetch you." "Thank you .-- I suppose I may, uncle ?" "What, my dear ?" said the professor, rousing himself again.
"Have my cousin to take care of me when I go to meet Bessie ?" "Yes, certainly.

I shall be much obliged to you, Mr Forbes.

I am not quite so agile as I was at your age, though my gouty leg _is_ better." This conversation would not have been worth recording were it not that it led to the walk and the waiting on Monday .-- They found, when they reached the region of steamers, that she had not yet been signalled, but her people were expecting the signal every minute.

So Alec and Kate walked out along the pier, to pass the time.