With a knack of turning up everywhere, and at all times, he would at first strike the stranger as only an extremely sociable fellow, who occasionally failed to see he wasn't as welcome as one would think he deserved to be.

But wait a little.

Presently he'd make up to you, and become very friendly.

In your pleasure at finding some one to talk to after coming away from home to a new and lonely place, you will, in the innocence of your heart, grow confidential, and tell him all your secrets.

You will perhaps tell him to whom your sister is engaged; how much pocket-money your father allows you.