"I'm a fool to stand it.

Why can't I do as I choose without his pulling a long face ?" Thus Tom questioned, and thus he proved that it was Charlie's influence more than his letter that worried him; for what had the latter said, either in the way of exhortation or reproof?
Then he threw himself on the bed, and lay with the wild memory of the evening crowding on his feverish mind.

He rose, and, lighting a candle, endeavoured to read; but even his novel was flat and stupid, and in the midst of it he fell asleep, to dream of Gus and his friend all night long.

Long ere he awoke my senses had left me, for he had neglected to wind me up.

Next morning he went to lectures as usual.