In short, that I treated him as I should treat any other young man of my acquaintance; whereas he had greatly feared I might presume upon my guardianship to give him good advice.

But I did not, because he is too young to want advice just now, and prefers, like most of us, to buy his own experience." "I hope he was really nice to you.

You won't hide anything?
You'll tell me exactly ?" "I am hiding nothing.

The lad is a good lad at bottom, and a manly one into the bargain," said John.

"His defects are of the kind which get up, so to speak, and hit you in the eye; and are, consequently, not of a kind to escape observation.