I hardly ever saw him." "Why do you suppose he sent you that message, then ?" "I don't know.

Perhaps he's got a spite against you." The boy was fairly out of his depth now, and gave up trying to recover his feet.
"Would you like to know why; or don't you care ?" "I would like to know, please." "I daresay you've heard of a fellow called Forbes ?" Heathcote had, from twenty different fellows.
"Forbes was a fag of mine last year--a nice boy, but dreadfully weak- minded.

Any one could twist him round his thumb.

As long as I kept my eye on him he was steady enough; but if ever I let him slide he got into trouble.

I was laid up a month last autumn with scarlet fever, and, of course, Forbes was on the loose, and spent most of his time with Cresswell and his set.