If he should happen to come down for a day or two he would probably meet her; but that could not be avoided.

It was not likely that he would come for some time.

The vicar himself intended to go up to Cambridge for a day or two after Christmas to see him; but the winter flew by and Mr.Ambrose did not go.

Then came Easter, then the summer and the Long vacation.

John wrote that he could not leave his books for a day, but that he hoped to run down next Christmas.