"He is angry with Colonel Clifford for not wishing him to stay here, and he is angry with me for not making Uncle Clifford invite him.

As if I _could_! I should be ashamed to propose such a thing.

The truth is, he is a luxurious little fellow, and my society out-of-doors does not compensate him for the cookery at the Dun Cow.

There! let him go." "But I want him to stay." "Then that is very kind of you." "Isn't it ?" said Walter, slyly.

"And I must make him stay somehow.