“Ihavesomethingtosaytoyou。Iamnotverywell；Imustwaitalittlefirst。Givemeachair。“
Bishopriggsobeyedinsilence。HisoneavailableeyerestedonAnne，asheproducedthechair，withanuneasyandsuspiciousattention。“I’mwantingtoknowonething，“hesaid。“Bywhatmeeraiculousmeans，youngmadam，doyehappentoha’fundyerwaytothisinn？“
Annetoldhimhowherinquirieshadbeenmadeandwhattheresulthadbeen，plainlyandfrankly。ThecloudedfaceofBishopriggsbegantoclearagain。
“Hech!hech!“heexclaimed，recoveringallhisnativeimpudence，“Ihaehadoccasiontoremarkalready，toanitherleddythanyersel’，thatit’sseemplymairveloushooaman’saingudedeedsfindhimootinthislowerwarldo’ours。IhaeduneagudedeedbypureTammyPennyquick，andhere’sa’Pairthringingwithereporto’it；andSawmuelBishopriggssaeweelknownthatonystrangerhasonlytoask，andfindhim。Understand，Ibeseechye，thatit’snohando’minethatpetsthisnewfeatherinmycap。
AsagudeCalvinist，mysaul’sclearo’thesmallestfigmento’