How do you like Tom ?" "Tom's a nice, quiet, business-like boy," said the tutor with a grin.
"I'll tell you more about him soon, but at present I have no time.

I must catch the four o'clock train back to London." "What! What ever for ?" exclaimed Roger, with falling face.
"Urgent private affairs.

I shall be away perhaps a week," said Mr Armstrong shortly, in a tone which discouraged Roger from making further inquiries.
"I'm awfully sorry," said he; "I shall miss you specially just now." "If I could have taken any other time, I would," said the tutor, busily throwing his things into his bag all the time; "but I am going to a death-bed." "Oh, Armstrong, I'm so sorry.

Is it a relation ?" "As I regard relations, yes.

Now I must go and make my apologies to your mother.