He said Merrett, Barnacle, and Company must be easily pleased, but they would soon find out their mistake, and that I might as well make up my mind to be dismissed after the first fortnight, and so on.

I didn't take it much to heart; and after the first gush did not trouble my relative much with my prospects.
I was, however, a little curious to know what proposal he would make about my board and lodging in the great metropolis, which, after all, was a matter of some little consequence to me.
He did not see fit to relieve my anxiety on this point until the very eve of my departure from Brownstroke, when he said, abruptly, "You will be gone before I'm down to-morrow, Frederick.

Don't forget the train starts at two minutes before six.

I have arranged for you to lodge with Mrs Nash, whose address is on this card.

There will be time to take your trunk round there before you go to your work.