It was the same next week, and the same the week after.

Every morning I was there at ten, and every afternoon I left at two.

By degrees Mr.Duncan Ross took to coming in only once of a morning, and then, after a time, he did not come in at all.

Still, of course, I never dared to leave the room for an instant, for I was not sure when he might come, and the billet was such a good one, and suited me so well, that I would not risk the loss of it.
"Eight weeks passed away like this, and I had written about Abbots and Archery and Armour and Architecture and Attica, and hoped with diligence that I might get on to the B's before very long.

It cost me something in foolscap, and I had pretty nearly filled a shelf with my writings.