"You are wanting me, miss ?" "If you are not too busy." "Really, no.

I have been reading." He closed the book, loose-leafed from frequent perusals.

"I am at your service." "Do you read much, Mr.Webb ?" The reiteration of the prefix to his name awakened him to the marvelous fact that for the present he was no longer the machine; she was recognizing the man.
"Perhaps, for a man in my station, I read too much, Miss Killigrew." Kitty's scarlet lips stirred ever so slightly.

It was the first time he had added the name to the prefix: he in his turn was recognizing the woman.

And this rather pleased her, for she liked to be recognized.
"May I ask what it is you are reading ?" He offered the book to her.