I'm quick, but he is quicker.

You take a good deal of interest in him?
Do you know him ?" "Yes; that is, I know him by sight.

He is thought a great deal of by an intimate friend of mine, and that is why I feel an interest in him." "And that friend is a woman ?" "Why do you think so ?" "It is a fancy of mine." "Well, I will not contradict you.

For her sake I would hate to see any evil befall him." There was a cynical smile on the face of the young man with auburn hair.
"If a woman loved him, she ought, not to leave him, for his life is mighty uncertain," said the latter.

"I heard him say to Captain Chichester, not half an hour ago, that he didn't believe he would live long, and such a man as he is sure to die with his boots on!" "Did he say that ?" asked the traveler.
"Yes; and he seemed to feel it, too.