At last she spoke.
"Are you coming nearer to it, Bernal ?" He laughed.
"I'm farther away than ever, Nance.

Probably there's but one creature in this city to-day as out of place as I am.

He's a big, awkward, country-looking dog, and he was lost on Broadway.

Did you ever see a lost dog in a city street?
This fellow was actually in a panic, wholly demoralised, and yet he seemed to know that he must conceal it for his own safety.

So he affected a fine air of confidence, of being very busy about an engagement for which he feared he might be late.