I--a--made no arrangement to take you the whole way.' 'Oh!' cried the postillion, 'don't you go troublin' yourself about that, sir.

Master knows it 's touch-and-go about catchin' the coach.

I'm all right.' So infatuated was the fellow in the belief that he was dealing with a perfect gentleman--an easy pocket! Now you would not suppose that one who presumes he has sufficient, would find a difficulty in asking how much he has to pay.

With an effort, indifferently masked, Evan blurted: 'By the way, tell me--how much--what is the charge for the distance we've come ?' There are gentlemen-screws: there are conscientious gentlemen.

They calculate, and remonstrating or not, they pay.