Some received me roughly and others indifferently.

The verdict, on the whole, seemed to be that there was plenty of time to see what sort of a fellow I was, and for the present the less I was made to think of myself the better.

So they all talked rather loud in my presence, and showed off, as boys will do; and each expected--or, at any rate, attempted--to impress me with a sense of his particular importance.
This treatment gave me time to make observations as well as them, and before the afternoon ended I had a pretty good idea whom I liked and whom I did not like at Stonebridge House.
Presently we were summoned in to a bread-and-cheese supper, with cold water, and shortly afterwards ordered off to bed.

I said my prayers before I went to sleep, as I had promised good Mrs Hudson, and, except for being shouted at to mind I did not snore or talk in my sleep--the punishment for which crimes was something terrific--I was allowed to go to sleep in peace, very lonely at heart, and with a good deal of secret trepidation as I looked forward and wondered what would be my lot at Stonebridge House..