I really don't know what is the matter with me.

You are a young man, and perhaps you can tell.
Have I fallen in love, as the saying is ?" He took me confidentially by the arm, before I could answer this formidable question.

"Don't tell friend Keller!" he said, with a sudden outburst of alarm.

"Keller is an excellent man, but he has no mercy on sinners.

I say, David! couldn't you introduce me to her ?" Still haunted by the fear that I had spoken too unreservedly during my interview with the widow, I was in the right humor to exhibit extraordinary prudence in my intercourse with Mr.Engelman.
"I couldn't venture to introduce you," I said; "the lady is living here in the strictest retirement." "At any rate, you can tell me her name," pleaded Mr.Engelman.