? ? ? ? "Good morning!" responded Rodney coolly.
? ? ? ? "How are you getting along in your place?"
? ? ? ? "Very well, thank you."
? ? ? ? "Shall I find you at your pupil's house if I call there some afternoon?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, unless I am out walking with Arthur."
? ? ? ? "I wonder whether he's bluffing," thought Jasper. "I daresay he wouldn't tell me if he had been discharged. He takes it pretty coolly."
? ? ? ? "How long do you think your engagement will last?" he asked.
? ? ? ? "I don't know. I never had a talk with Mr. Sargent on that point."
? ? ? ? "Do you still give satisfaction?"
? ? ? ? Rodney penetrated Jasper's motives for asking all these questions, and was amused.
? ? ? ? "I presume if I fail to satisfy Mr. Sargent he will tell me so."
? ? ? ? "It would be a nice thing if you could stay there three or four years."
? ? ? ? "Yes: but I don't anticipate it. When Arthur get a little older he will be sent to school."
? ? ? ? "What will you do then?"
? ? ? ? "I haven't got so far as that.
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