I just wondered whether you saw Fitch to-day." "No, sir; I didn't see him; I didn't know he wanted to see me." "He was here yesterday and probably hadn't had time to see you before you left town.

He had a proposition to make in that Canneries case." "I didn't know that, of course, or I should have waited.

I've never had any talk with him about the Canneries business." "So he said." Bassett clapped his hand savagely upon his hat suddenly to save it from the breeze that had been roused by the increasing speed of the boat.

He clearly disliked having to hold his hat on his head.

Dan marked his old chief's irritation.