It's different this morning, and I am going to be just as frank with you as you are with me.

Is that square ?" "I reckon," uneasily, not yet able to gauge my purpose, and feeling his bluff a failure.

"I ain't got nothin' ter lie about so fur as I know.
Let's go inside, whar we kin have it out quiet like." I followed him into the front room, and he kicked out a chair so as to bring my face to the windows.

As I sank into it I noticed a dusty mirror opposite which gave me a dim reflection of the entire room.
Coombs shut the door leading to the back of the house, and sat down facing me, his big hands on his knees.

His effort to look pleasant only made him appear uglier than usual.
"Wal, go on!" he said gruffly.
I crossed my legs comfortably, and leaned back in the chair, quite conscious of thus adding to his irritation.