We had walked together to his house, or rather cottage, for he was not a fixed resident, but came there for summer quarters.

The neatness, and even elegance, of the domestic arrangements of his temporary establishment, both without and within the dwelling, gave token of a taste many degrees removed from the state of people far back in civilization.

Presently the ladies came; and their national frankness, modified by the most entire and unaffected simplicity, puzzled my friend completely.

In due season the dressing-bell sent us off to prepare for dinner; and while we were getting ready, my companion said, "I see what this fellow is at: he means to sew you and me up.

You may do as you please; but I'll be shot if he plays off his Irish pranks on me.