I was talking at large about something after we'd got the steer, when Miss Nellie turned right round on me.

Then I came back here, and Miss Deringham didn't seem pleased with me." "Did she tell you so ?" said Seaforth, smiling, and Alton turned upon him savagely.
"No, sir, she did not," said he.

"Anyway, it wasn't necessary.

You understand these folks from the old country, Charley ?" "It is," said Seaforth dryly, "a tolerably bold venture to assert that one understands anybody." "Well," said Alton, "you know what I mean.

Now do you think Miss Deringham was vexed because she didn't get that fishing?
You see she is tolerably keen on it.