"And he likes you."
"Does he? Good old Demon! I like to be liked. That's the Irish in me. I'm half Irish, you know. I want fellows to be friendly to me. I'd forgotten Scaife. That's rum too, because he's not the sort one forgets, is he? No, I wonder if I could get into the Demon's room next term?"
"I'm in his room. It's a three-room."
"A two-room is much jollier."
"Our room is not bad."
Cæsar was hardly listening. John caught a murmur: "The old Demon and I would get along capitally."
FOOTNOTES:
[4] The racquet Professional.
[5] The cap of honour worn by the House Football Eleven.
[6] The Goose Match, the last cricket-match of the year, played between the Eleven and Old Boys, on the nearest half-holiday to Michaelmas Day.