“He didn’t come out,” said Bates.
Jim nodded his head vigorously:
“Just as I expected,” he said. “He knows where he is well off.”
“Do you think he was afraid to come?” asked Bates.
“To be sure he was. He knew what to expect.”
“Are you going to thrash him?” asked Johnson.
“I should say I might.”
“He’s a very good Latin scholar,” remarked Wilkins.
“He thinks he is!” sneered Jim.
“So Mr. Crabb appears to think.”