As usual, when at rest, he began to talk.
"John," he said, "you and Tom McGregor had a quarrel long ago--and a fight." "Yes, sir," returned John wondering.
"I saw it--I did not interfere at once--I was wrong." This greatly amused John.

"You stopped it just in time for me--I was about done for." "Yes, but now, John, I have talked to Tom, and--I am afraid you have never made it up." "No, he was insolent to Leila and rude.

But we had a talk about it--oh, a good while ago--before she went away." "Oh, had you! Well, what then ?" "Oh, he told me you had talked to him and he had seen Leila and told her he was sorry.

She never said a word to me.

I told him that he ought to have apologized to me--too." Rivers was amused.