My young brother Percy and his Modern cads--k-i-d-s (I never can pronounce it)-- were on the steps." "Oh," said the poor guest, feeling he ought to reciprocate the civility of his entertainers.

"Steps is nice things to be on when you ain't got nowheres else." "Tea!" shouted Fisher minor, who with Ashby had been busily charging the table.
It was now the turn of the hosts to be shy.

At this late period of the term funds had run low, and extras were at a premium.

A busy hour had been spent during the forenoon in both houses collecting outstanding debts, contracting loans at the point of the sword, and laying out the contents of the common purse at the shop in delicacies suitable to the occasion.

Abernethys and ham, of course, figured prominently.