Bat regarded his master as a man wholly devoted to horses, but often wondered why he was not more regular in his sojournings in Oxfordshire.

Of any other portion of his master's life Bat knew nothing.

Bat could give the address of his master's club in London, but he could give no other address.
But though Vavasor's private lodgings were so very private, he had, nevertheless, taken some trouble in adorning them.

The furniture in the sitting-room was very neat, and the book-shelves were filled with volumes that shone with gilding on their backs.

The inkstand, the paper-weight, the envelope case on his writing-table were all handsome.