'I don't know what to say.
You catch me up so very short.' 'You will be caught up much shorter, my good friend--infinitely shorter--one of these days, depend upon it,' replied his patron calmly.
'By-the-bye, instead of wondering why you have been so long, my wonder should be why you came at all.

Why did you ?' 'You know, master,' said Hugh, 'that I couldn't read the bill I found, and that supposing it to be something particular from the way it was wrapped up, I brought it here.' 'And could you ask no one else to read it, Bruin ?' said Sir John.
'No one that I could trust with secrets, master.

Since Barnaby Rudge was lost sight of for good and all--and that's five years ago--I haven't talked with any one but you.' 'You have done me honour, I am sure.' 'I have come to and fro, master, all through that time, when there was anything to tell, because I knew that you'd be angry with me if I stayed away,' said Hugh, blurting the words out, after an embarrassed silence; 'and because I wished to please you if I could, and not to have you go against me.There.

That's the true reason why I came to-night.

You know that, master, I am sure.' 'You are a specious fellow,' returned Sir John, fixing his eyes upon him, 'and carry two faces under your hood, as well as the best.