“Oh, yes! I was particularly favored. I saw Allan Roscoe and Guy—”
“You don’t say so! Were they glad to see you?”
“Not particularly. When Guy learned that I was staying here, he proposed to call and make your acquaintance.”
“I hope you didn’t encourage him,” said Walter, with a grimace.
“No; I told him that we were generally out in the afternoon.”
“That is right.”
“I suppose you have been hard at work, Walter?”
“Ask Mr. Crabb.”
“Walter has done very well,” said the usher. “If he will continue to study as well, I shall have no fault to find.”
“If I do, will you qualify me to be a professor in twelve months’ time?”