He rang the bell once or twice, and after a while the old serving man came to him.

Could he have a cup of tea?
The man shook his head, and feared that no boiling water could be procured at that late hour of the night.

Could he have his breakfast the next morning at seven, and a conveyance to Callender at half-past seven?
When the old man again shook his head, seeming to be dazed at the enormity of the demand, Phineas insisted that his request should be conveyed to the master of the house.

As to the breakfast, he said he did not care about it, but the conveyance he must have.

He did, in fact, obtain both, and left the house early on the following morning without again seeing Mr.
Kennedy, and without having spoken a single word to Mr.Kennedy's mother.