"I think we'll find you're so much better he'll send you back to the shop pretty quick.
Something's got hold of you lately; you're not quite so lackadaisical as you used to be.

But I warn you: I think the shop will knock you just as it did before, and perhaps even harder, Bibbs." He rose, shook himself, and rubbed his eyelids.

"Well, when we go over you this afternoon what are we going to say about it ?" "Tell him I'm ready," said Bibbs, looking at the floor.
"Oh no," Gurney laughed.

"Not quite yet; but you may be almost.

We'll see.