'No,' says I, 'but we could taste 'em.

Man that's driven through as much Ostable mud as you have ought to know the taste of every road in town.'" "Well, you caught the train, anyhow," observed Dan.
"Yup.

If we'd been crippled as _well_ as blind we could have done that." He seated himself just in front of the pair and glanced across the aisle at Mr.Graves, to find the latter looking intently at him.
"Pretty tough night," he remarked, nodding.
"Yes," replied the lawyer briefly.

He did not encourage conversation with casual acquaintances.

The latest arrival had caught his attention because there was something familiar about him.