I don't suppose he ever enjoyed a joke in his life now, or--help yourself, Hawkesbury--or saw one either, for the matter of that, notwithstanding his bull's- eyes." "I don't know," said I, relieved again to divert the talk from myself, and glad at the same time to put in a mild word for my friend, "I think Smith has a good deal of fun in him." "I'd like to know where he keeps it," said Crow; "I never saw it." "Oh! I did," said Hawkesbury, "at school.

He was a very amusing fellow at school, wasn't he, Batchelor?
Did Batchelor ever tell you of the great rebellion that he and Smith got up there ?" I had not told the story, and was there and then called upon to do so-- which I did, much to the gratification of the company.
"Why don't you bring this mysterious Mr Smith down to show to us one evening ?" asked Whipcord.

"We're always hearing about him.

I'd like to see him, wouldn't you, Twins ?" "Very," replied Abel, who evidently had been thinking of something else.
"I'm not sure," said I, "whether he'd come out.

I don't think he cares much about visiting." "I hope he doesn't think it's wrong to visit," said the Field-Marshal.
"No, not that," said I, sorry I had embarked on the subject; "but somehow he doesn't get on, I think, in company." "I should rather say he doesn't!" said Crow--"at any rate, at Hawk Street, for a more stuck-up, disagreeable, self-righteous prig I never saw." "I think," said Hawkesbury, mildly, "you judge him rather hardly, Crow.
Some of us thought the same at school; but I really think he means well." "Yes," said I, ready to follow up this lead, "his manner's against him, perhaps, but he's a very good fellow at bottom." "Besides," said Hawkesbury, "he really has had great disadvantages.