As for me, I couldn't afford to stay any longer, and that had been the thing that had settled the matter, as far as Colbert and I were concerned.

But now he might choose to stay, and come home by himself.

However, there was no way of my knowing what he thought, and I supposed that I had no real right to make him come with me.

At any rate, if I had, I didn't intend to exercise it.
While I was looking over the things in my trunk, I came across the box of dominoes that Corny had given us to remember her by.

It seemed like a long time ago since we had been sitting together on the water-battery at St.Augustine! In a few minutes I took the box of dominoes in my hand and went over to Colbert.