"Did you come to see him?
He is down town.

I expect him back every minute." McMurdo continued to gaze at her in open admiration until her eyes dropped in confusion before this masterful visitor.
"No, miss," he said at last, "I'm in no hurry to see him.

But your house was recommended to me for board.

I thought it might suit me--and now I know it will." "You are quick to make up your mind," said she with a smile.
"Anyone but a blind man could do as much," the other answered.
She laughed at the compliment.

"Come right in, sir," she said.