_You_ would have proceeded on your way with a passing bow?
Oh, yes! "Good morning, Mr Lorton," she said.

"How very early you are out to be sure! I thought gentlemen were always lazy, but you're an exception to the rule, it seems;" and her soft grey eyes sparkled.
"Well, I don't know that, Miss Clyde," I said.

"I suppose I'm just as lazy as the rest.

I only came out to give my old doggy a walk and a dip, as I generally do every morning before breakfast.

If it were not for him, I do not believe I would get up sooner than anybody else; but he's such a pertinacious fellow that he won't be denied his walk, always rousing me up at eight o'clock `sharp.' Would you believe it, he brings my boots up to my door, and it is a trick he taught himself!" "Dear old doggy," she said, stooping down and patting his head.