I go because I think you'd feel happier than if I was left behind.

I don't intend to gad about with you, but leave you free to go where you like, while I amuse myself in my own way.

I've friends in London and Paris, and should like to visit them.

Meantime you can go to Italy, Germany, Switzerland, where you will, and enjoy pictures, music, scenery, and adventures to your heart's content." Now, Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness, but at the sound of certain words which the old gentleman artfully introduced into his closing sentence, the broken heart gave an unexpected leap, and a green oasis or two suddenly appeared in the howling wilderness.

He sighed, and then said, in a spiritless tone, "Just as you like, Sir.