15/46 But he doesn't seem to be the kind of man whose interest you would resent." "Then you know him ?" Reuben asked, in a tone of some pleasure. Mallard is an excellent fellow, in his own way, Somehow I've lost sight of him for a long time. He's painting here, I suppose? You are sure that he will welcome you ?" "Why not? Do you attribute to him such judgments as your own ?" His way of speaking was subject to abrupt changes. |