Marco had the frankness to admit that he did not get along very well.
"Still," said Forester, "I am well satisfied on the whole.

You did very well for a first experiment.

In the first place, you did really make some effort to carry out my plan.

You kept the reckoning of the hours, and changed your studies at the appointed time.

You did not speak to me more than three or four times, and then you acquiesced pretty good-naturedly in my refusing to help you.