"I suppose there's nothing you can do in the professional way?
You'd make a good acrobat, or--well, you'd shape into several things." He looked the figure up and down again, just as he would have examined an animal offered for his inspection.

"But we'll see about that later on.

Thirty bob a week.

How will that suit you ?" "It will suit me very well; and I'll try to earn it," said Derrick.
Mr.Bloxford stared at him.

"Here, don't startle me; I've got a weak heart," he observed, with a grin.