I can't promise you to succeed, and you mustn't bear me a grudge if I fail.' 'A grudge! No, I should think not.

By the way, have you heard from Agnes about the trains to-morrow ?' 'Yes, Paddington, 10 o'clock, and there is an 8.15 train back from Culham.

Mrs.Stuart says we're to lunch in Balliol, run down to Nuneham afterwards, and leave the boats there, to be brought back.' 'Yes, we lunch with that friend of ours--I think you know him--Herbert Sartoris.

He has been a Balliol don for about a year.

I only trust the weather will be what it is to-day.' The weather was all that the heart of man could desire, and the party met on the Paddington platform with every prospect of another successful day.
Forbes turned up punctual to the moment, and radiant under the combined influence of the sunshine and of Miss Bretherton's presence; Wallace had made all the arrangements perfectly, and the six friends found themselves presently journeying along to Oxford, at that moderated speed which is all that a Sunday express can reach.