But I little thought it would have been like this--I had fancied sometimes----' Jack hesitated, and the colour deepened in his sunburnt cheeks.
"'What ?' said Mr.Sawyer.

'Do not be afraid of my misunderstanding anything you say.' "'I had hoped perhaps that if I found you again I might be able to be of some use to you.

And now it is too late.

For you see we owe you some reparation for indirectly forcing you to leave Ryeburn--you might have risen there--who knows?
I can see now what a capital teacher you were.' "Mr.Sawyer shook his head.
"'I know I could teach,' he said, 'but that was all.

I did not understand boys' ways.