“Have you got back?” asked Herbert, curiosity struggling with disappointment.
“It looks like it, doesn’t it?”
“I thought you had got into trouble?” said Herbert. “How did you manage to get out of it?”
Andy laughed.
“I hear,” he said, “that some of my good friends have been circulating bad reports about me. It’s a pity to spoil their enjoyment, but it’s another person entirely who has misbehaved himself. As I am not twenty-five, I don’t see how anyone should think it was I.”
“That might be a mistake, you know. The name was Andrew Gordon.”
“Then I wish Andrew Gordon would change his name. I assure you, Herbert, I have no intention of taking up the business of stealing.”
“You’d better not,” said Herbert, stiffly, feeling rather suspicious that Andy was laughing at him.
“Did you make any money when you were away?” asked Herbert.
“Oh, yes! I got a situation directly.”