But I never saw you before, and didn't know you were alive.

So I think you'd better perhaps stay at your hotel to-night and come to-morrow, when they all come home.
Do you mind ?" "Mind ?" said Mr Halgrove.

"I'm delighted if you are.

You prefer solitude, so do I.

Or perhaps you've been a naughty boy, and are left behind for your sins." "I've stayed behind because I didn't want to go," said Percy.
"Well," said Mr Halgrove, "I am sure your relatives are the sufferers by your decision.