“What are your plans?”
“I do not wish to remain dependent upon Allan Roscoe. I should like to obtain a situation of some kind in the city, if I can.”
“I can probably serve you, then, after a while. For the present, stay here as Walter’s companion.”
“Thank you, sir; I should like nothing better.”
CHAPTER XXVII. LARRY DEANE.
Not altogether in accordance with his inclinations, Walter was set to work at his studies immediately under the direction of Mr. Crabb. He asked his father for a week’s vacation to go about the city with Hector, but his father answered in the negative.
“You are too far behind in your studies, Walter,” he said. “You are two years, at least, behind Hector, and cannot spare the time as well as he.”
“Hector will have to go round alone,” objected Walter.
“It will do him no harm to get acquainted with the different parts of the city, as that will be a kind of knowledge he may require if he should obtain a situation.”