"I daresay I can do what you want, Sheldon." "Very likely.

But how comes that young fellow to have an aunt at Dorking?
I fancy I've heard him say he was without a relative or a friend in the world--always excepting yourself." "The aunt may be another exception; some poor old soul that he's half ashamed to own, I daresay--the inmate of an almshouse, perhaps.

Val's expectations may be limited to a few pounds hoarded in a china teapot." "I should have thought Hawkehurst the last man in the world to care about looking after that sort of thing.

I could have given him plenty to do if he had stopped in town.

He and my brother George are uncommonly intimate, by the bye," added Mr.Sheldon meditatively.