I'm not inclined to tell him anything at present.

He has no idea that Ratman is anything but an Indian acquaintance." "My address will be `"Green Dragon," Oxford,'" said the tutor.
"By the way," said Roger--both men were talking in the forced tones which belong to an unacknowledged estrangement--"Whether this matter is right or not, I propose to write to Ratman and enclose him L10." "Naturally," said the tutor.
"I am tied down, as you know, in the matter of my pocket-money, and can't well spare it out of my present allowance.

I want the trustees to give me an extra allowance." "In other words, you want your trustees to keep Mr Robert Ratman at the rate of L250 a year.

I shall agree to that the day that he satisfies me he is Roger Ingleton." "I expected you would refuse.

I must ask Captain Oliphant." "I'm afraid he will require my sanction to any such arrangement." "What! Do you mean to say that I am at your mercy in a matter like this ?" "I fear that is unhappily the case.