He's a queer duck.

Once in a while he lets out a crack like that.

There's a lot to Red." "Blair, his heart is broken," said Lane, tragically.
"Well!" exclaimed Blair, with quick almost haughty uplift of head.

He seemed to resent Lane's surprise and intimation.

It was a rebuke that made Lane shrink.
"I never thought of Red's being hurt--you know--or as having lost....
Oh, he just seemed like so many other boys ruined in health.