I wish to say that Mr Jeffreys may have done you service--" "I should think he has," interrupted the irrepressible one.
"But it by no means follows that he is a proper companion for a good innocent boy like you." Percy laughed hilariously.
"Really, ma, you are coming it strong.

Do you see my blushes, Raby ?" "You must make up your mind to see a great deal less of Mr Jeffreys for the future; he is not the sort of person--" "Look here, ma," said Percy, terrifying his parent by the energy with which he sprang to his feet.

"I'm jolly ill, and you'd be awfully sorry if I had a fit of coughing and brought up blood, wouldn't you?
Well, I shall if you call Jeff a person again.

Where _is_ Jeff, I say?
I want Jeff.

Why don't you tell him, Raby ?" After this, for a season at any rate, Percy was allowed to have his own way, and jeopardised his moral welfare by unrestricted intercourse with the "person" Jeffreys.
They spent their time not wholly unprofitably.