This，naturallyenough，tookmecompletelybysurprise。IwaitedeagerlytohearwhyweweretosendtoAmerica。
\"Itrestswithyou，\"heproceeded，\"whenyouhearwhatIhavetotellyou，tosaywhetheryouwillgototheexpenseofsendingamantoNewYork，ornot。Icanfindtherightmanforthepurpose；andIestimatetheexpense（includingatelegram）——\"
\"Nevermindtheexpense！\"Iinterposed，losingallpatiencewiththeeminentlyScotchviewofthecasewhichputmypurseinthefirstplaceofimportance。\"Idon’tcarefortheexpense；Iwanttoknowwhatyouhavediscovered。\"
Hesmiled。\"Shedoesn’tcarefortheexpense，\"hesaidtohimself，pleasantly。\"Howlikeawoman！\"
Imighthaveretorted，\"Hethinksoftheexpensebeforehethinksofanythingelse。HowlikeaScotchman！\"Asitwas，Iwastooanxioustobewitty。Ionlydrummedimpatientlywithmyfingersonthetable，andsaid，\"Tellme！tellme！\"