You and I had a discussion concerning that same practice when I fell over the bank at the Slough a while ago.

I was not spying then, but you thought I was, and you didn't like it.

Now I think you are, and I don't like it." "Wh--what--what would I be spyin' on you for?
Wh--what reason would I have for doin' it ?" "No good reason; because I have no intention of visiting our new neighbors--none whatever.

That being understood, perhaps you'll shut the door and keep it shut." Seth looked sheepish and guilty.
"Well," he said, after a moment's reflection, "I beg your pardon.

But I couldn't help feelin' kind of uneasy.