I been tellin' him about it.

Bobby says dot odder man skipped an' you don't got nobody now.
"Skipped! I threw him out, me and John, for swearin' every time he stubbed his toe on the stairs," and up went her strong arms in illustration.

"And it isn't yer trunks, but me room.

Who might ye be wantin' it for ?" She had begun to weigh him carefully in return.

Up to this moment he had been to her merely the mouthpiece of an order, to be exchanged later for a card, or slip of paper, or a brass check.