I can go with you now, if you like." "It is needless, I have seen him!" "Well ?" "I fear that he does not appraise me at much.

Our interview was short.

When I entered his room he was sitting on a stool in the centre, with his elbows on his knees, and his face was the picture of sullen discontent.

I spoke to him as cheerfully as I could, and with such a measure of respect as I could assume.

He made no reply whatever.