But we all have a past as well as a present.

Now, for instance"-- I interrupted him.

"In Virginia, my lord, we live in the present.

At present, my lord, I like not the color of your lordship's cloak." He stared at me, with his black brows drawn together.

"It is not of your choosing nor for your wearing, sir," he rejoined haughtily.
"And your sword knot is villainously tied," I continued.