Mr.Ransom, taken wholly by surprise, uttered some peremptory ejaculation, but a glance from the lawyer quieted him, and not till they were all shut up again in that convenient room at the head of the stairs did any of the three speak.
And not even then without an embarrassed pause.

Both the lawyer and his unhappy client had a deep and, in the case of the latter, a heartrending disappointment to overcome, and the clock on the stairs ticked out several seconds before the lawyer ventured to remark: "Miss Hazen's face is quite new to you, I perceive.

Evidently it was not her twin sister you met on the high road this morning." "Nor anything like her," protested the man.

"A different face entirely; prettier and more saucy.

Such a gal as a man like me would be glad to call darter." "Oh, I see!" assented the lawyer.