This justified his not following her but staying where he was, and leaving her to herself.
Whereupon annoyance again beset him; for it was very little to his credit to have mismanaged his dealings with her and alienated her sympathies thus.

With her, it was very evident, he had not been at all a success.
And it pricked his young vanity very shrewdly not to be a success.
From these unsatisfactory reflections William Jennifer's voice, prefaced by a warning cough, recalled him.
"Making any long stay in these parts, sir ?" he enquired.
And when Tom explained that a few hours from now would witness the termination of his visit, and that, in all probability, many years of absence from England lay ahead-- "Indeed, indeed, to be sure.

Who'd have thought it for a young gentleman of the quality-like yourself! But, there, some are born under the traveller's star, sir--created with a roving spirit.

And the Lord help 'em, I say, for they're so made as to be powerless to help themselves seemingly.

Rove they must and will, if they are to taste any contentment--an itch in their feet from the cradle nought but foreign lands'll serve to pacify.