I--" Here Trimble advanced towards him, and Teddy, fairly unnerved and almost fainting, slipped down from the bench and burst into tears.
"That's it, is it ?" said Jonah; "we'll see whether you can or--" At that instant the door opened, and Jeffreys entered the room.
It did not require the boy's sobbing appeal, "Oh, Jeff, Jeff!" to enable him to take in the situation at a glance.

Nor did it need a second glance at the face of the intruder to induce Jonah to turn pale.
Jeffreys advanced without a word to the form, brushing Jonah out of his way with a swing that sent him staggering six paces down the floor, and putting his arm round Teddy, led him without a word from the room.
"Come along, little chap," said he, when they got outside; "come home." The sound of his voice revived Teddy like a cordial.
"Do you hate me for blubbering ?" he asked anxiously; "wasn't it like a baby ?" "How long had you been up there ?" asked Jeffreys.
"It was half-past one when he stood me up.

I had only just been looking round to see where Freddy was; and oh, Jeff, I've got to write on a slate just because of a little blot.

What's the time now ?" "Half-past five," said Jeffreys, putting on his hat, and swinging Teddy's satchel over his own arm.
"Are you coming with me Jeff ?" asked the boy eagerly.
"Of course you couldn't get home alone." Great was the content of the little fellow as he left Galloway House with his hand on the strong arm of his tutor.

Greater still were his surprise and content when, as soon as the streets were past, Jeffreys took him up on his back and carried him the rest of the way to Ash Cottage.
"Thanks, awfully, old Jeff," said the boy, as they parted at the gate of the cottage.