Mr. Geck's tome, read with some care, is a most welcome and useful companion.

But if he was a useful companion for Hayward, there were also ways in which Hayward could be of benefit to him.

Gout, oddly enough, is a most useful travelling companion; it comes and goes.

For all his recalcitrance, he was a useful companion.

He is more sociable than most of the knights, and is often a useful companion because of it.

SMALL children make useful companions, unless you are interested in eating at expensive restaurants.

A useful companion, Lesser-Sergeant, he thought, he moves fast and keeps his head.

Poor Bill has been a useful companion and it goes to my heart to turn him adrift now.

He was a very useful companion.

He is a heavy drinker and highly superstitious, nonetheless, a very useful companion.