As they left the room, Ralph spoke:-- "I am not now disposed for sleep, Forrester, and, if you please, I should be glad to hear further about your village and the country at large.

Something, too, I would like to know of this man Rivers, whose face strikes me as one that I should know, and whose eyes have been haunting me to-day rather more frequently than I altogether like, or shall be willing to submit to.

Give me an hour, then, if not fatigued, in my chamber, and we will talk over these matters together." "Well, 'squire, that's just what pleases me now.

I like good company, and 'twill be more satisfaction to me, I reckon, than to you.

As for fatigue, that's out of the question.