Lord Polperro is living next door to an old friend of mine, a man I haven't seen for some seven or eight years till the other day.

I happened to hear of my friend's address, called upon him, and there met his lordship.

Now wasn't it a strange thing, Gammon?
Just when you and I were so interested in a certain puzzle, a delightful bit of genealogy.

Lord Polperro and I quite took to each other.

He seemed to like my chat, and, in fact, we have been seeing a good deal of each other for a week or two." "You kept this to yourself, Gammon." "For a sufficient reason--anything but a selfish one.