Him and me havena yet got to the point o' payin' visits.

But the men that come will be Gresson's friends and they'll speak of ye to him.

It's the best kind of introduction ye could seek.' The knocker sounded, and Mr Amos hastened to admit the first comers.
These were Macnab and Wilkie: the one a decent middle-aged man with a fresh-washed face and a celluloid collar, the other a round-shouldered youth, with lank hair and the large eyes and luminous skin which are the marks of phthisis.

'This is Mr Brand boys, from South Africa,' was Amos's presentation.

Presently came Niven, a bearded giant, and Mr Norie, the editor, a fat dirty fellow smoking a rank cigar.