The possibilities of dull men are exciting because when they happen they suggest legendary cases of "possession," not exactly by the devil but, anyhow, by a strange spirit.
"I told him it was a shame," said Fyne.

"Even if the girl did make eyes at him--but I think with you that she did not.

Yes! A shame to take advantage of a girl's--a distresses girl that does not love him in the least." "You think it's so bad as that ?" I said.

"Because you know I don't." "What can you think about it," he retorted on me with a solemn stare.

"I go by her letter to my wife." "Ah! that famous letter.