The latter he laid aside as the boy appeared.
"You said you wanted to see me, sir," said Steve.
"Er--yes, Edwards.

Sit down, please." The instructor took up his pipe again, hurriedly put it aside, seized a pencil and jotted nervously on the back of a book.

Finally, "I--er--find your composition here," he said.

"When did you write it ?" "Between half-past ten last night and two o'clock this morning." "Hm!" Mr.Daley swung around in his chair, viewed the oblong of landscape framed by the window for a moment and swung back again.

There was a faint smile about his eyes.