"So I haven't! Well, now, where would you go, if you was me?
Is there a hotel or tavern or somethin' ?" "Yup.

There's the Bayport Hotel.

'Tain't exactly a hotel, neither.

We call it the perfect boardin' house 'round here.

You see--" He proceeded to tell the story of "the perfect boarding house." His listener seemed greatly interested, and although he laughed, did not interrupt until the tale was ended.
"So!" he said, chuckling.