Mr. Vholes, after glancing at the official cat who is patiently watching a mouse's hole, fixes his charmed gaze again on his young client and proceeds in his buttoned-up, half-audible voice as if there were an unclean spirit in him that will neither come out nor speak out, "What are you to do, sir, you inquire, during the vacation. 
Mr. Vholes fixes his charmed gaze again on his young client and proceeds in his half-audible voice, "What are you to do, sir, you inquire, during the vacation? 