which was only redeemed by that other touch of devilry that he had shown me in the corridor. By the rich brown of his complexion, as well as by a certain sort of swagger in his walk, I should have said that he was a naval officer ashore, had he not told me who he was of his own accord.
“By the way,” he said, “I ought to give you my name. It’s Rattray, of one of the many Kirby Halls in this country. My one’s down in Lancashire.”
which was only redeemed by that other touch of devilry that he had shown me in the corridor. By the rich brown of his complexion, as well as by a certain sort of swagger in his walk, I should have said that he was a naval officer ashore, had he not told me who he was of his own accord.
“By the way,” he said, “I ought to give you my name. It’s Rattray, of one of the many Kirby Halls in this country. My one’s down in Lancashire.”
