A sudden gravity and dignity fell upon the young men who sat there, schooled in an etiquette whose first lesson was that of personal courage.
"Sirrah!" cried Beau Wilson, "I perceive your purpose.

If you prove good enough to name lodgings where you may he found by my friends, I shall ask leave to bid you a very good night." So speaking, Wilson flung out of the room.

A silence fell upon those left within.
"Sirs," said Law, a moment later, "I beg you to bear witness that this is no matter of my seeking or accepting.

This gentleman is a stranger to me.

I hardly got his name fair." "Wilson is his name, sir," said Pembroke, "a very good friend of us all.
He is of good family, and doth keep his coach-and-four like any gentleman.