After all, had Harris been much more to blame than I had been in the first instance?
"Well," said Hawkesbury, "I hope it will soon blow over.

One never likes unpleasant things like this coming up.

You must tell Smith how angry I am with Harris." "I don't suppose Smith will ever speak to me again," I said.
"Really?
Oh, I hope it's not so bad as that.

After all, you know," said Hawkesbury, "it would have been much more straightforward of him to tell the fellows what he was at first.

They don't like being taken by surprise in a matter like this.