The boy looked about him hesitatingly.
"I shouldn't like to tell you here," he answered. "There are too many people round."
"I shall be at leisure after six o'clock. Will that do?"
"Yes. Could you come up to my room?"
"I will come with pleasure."
"I want a confidant. I want advice. You are younger than I am—at least you look so—but you have lived in the city while I am from the country."
"At any rate I will give you the best advice I can."
"Thank you. I feel better for having found a friend. I will go and take a walk, and you will find me here at six o'clock."
When Rupert got through work he found the boy waiting for him in the same place.
"I can go upstairs with you now."