” said I. “But Mr. Rattray has been very kind to me.”
“Meet him in town?”
I said I had, but I said it with some coolness, for his tone had dropped into the confidential, and I disliked it as much as this string of questions from a stranger.
“Long ago, sir?” he pursued.
“No, sir; not long ago,” I retorted.
“May I ask your name?” said he.
“You may ask what you like,” I cried, with a final reversal of all my first impressions
” said I. “But Mr. Rattray has been very kind to me.”
“Meet him in town?”
I said I had, but I said it with some coolness, for his tone had dropped into the confidential, and I disliked it as much as this string of questions from a stranger.
“Long ago, sir?” he pursued.
“No, sir; not long ago,” I retorted.
“May I ask your name?” said he.
“You may ask what you like,” I cried, with a final reversal of all my first impressions
