If one of his great "dodges" came to a ridiculous end, he promptly screened it from observation by a new one.
From the day of the kidnapping adventure he was a sworn ally of Jeffreys.

It mattered nothing to him who else snubbed the new librarian, or who else made his life uncomfortable.

Percy liked him and thought much of him.

He established a claim on his afternoons, in spite of Mrs Rimbolt's protests and Mr Rimbolt's arrangements.

Even Jeffreys' refusal to quit work at his bidding counted for nothing.