He said that he felt the heat, and he certainly look very much knocked up.

I do not feel heat myself, I am glad to say.
"I am going abroad to-morrow," he said, after a few remarks on other subjects.

"It is not merely a question of pleasure, though I shall be glad to be out of London; but I have of late become an object of such increasing interest to those who possess my autograph that I have decided on taking change of air for a time." "Do you mean to say you are not going down to Stoke Moreton for Ralph's wedding ?" I exclaimed.

"I thought we should have travelled together, as we once did six months ago." "I can't go," said Charles, almost sharply.

"I have told Ralph so." "I am sure he will be very much disappointed, and Evelyn too; and the wedding being from her uncle's house, as she has no home of her own, will make your absence all the more marked." "It _must_ be marked, then; but the young people will survive it, and Aunt Mary will be thankful.