“I suppose Mr. Rattray stays here always when he comes to town?” said I.
“No, sir,” said the man, “we’ve never had him before, not in my time; but I shouldn’t mind if he came again.” And he looked twice at the coin in his hand before pocketing it with evident satisfaction.
Lonely as I was, and wished to be, I think that I never felt my loneliness as I did during the twenty-four hours which intervened between Rattray’s
“I suppose Mr. Rattray stays here always when he comes to town?” said I.
“No, sir,” said the man, “we’ve never had him before, not in my time; but I shouldn’t mind if he came again.” And he looked twice at the coin in his hand before pocketing it with evident satisfaction.
Lonely as I was, and wished to be, I think that I never felt my loneliness as I did during the twenty-four hours which intervened between Rattray’s
