6/18 "You have not changed much, Loveybond," he added, turning to the man who had fallen a little into the background, very stiff and uncomfortable in his Sunday clothes. "I can't say the same for you, sir. Them furrin parts has filled you out and hardened you. I'll take the liberty of saying that I should never have recognised you, sir, and that's sure." "This is Parkins," Mr.Mangan went on, pushing his way once more into the foreground, "the butler whom I engaged in London. And--" There was a queer and instantaneous silence. |