I'll bet you'll find him sewing up his books." "No, no," observed Miss Baker, "not at this hour." Evidently the timid old gentleman had taken advantage of the confusion to slip unobtrusively away.
"I'll go bring him down," shouted Marcus; "he's got to join us." Miss Baker was in great agitation.
"I--I hardly think you'd better," she murmured; "he--he--I don't think he drinks beer." "He takes his amusement in sewin' up books," cried Maria.
Marcus brought him down, nevertheless, having found him just preparing for bed.
"I--I must apologize," stammered Old Grannis, as he stood in the doorway.

"I had not quite expected--I--find--find myself a little unprepared." He was without collar and cravat, owing to Marcus Schouler's precipitate haste.

He was annoyed beyond words that Miss Baker saw him thus.

Could anything be more embarrassing?
Old Grannis was introduced to Mrs.Sieppe and to Trina as Marcus's employer.

They shook hands solemnly.
"I don't believe that he an' Miss Baker have ever been introduced," cried Maria Macapa, shrilly, "an' they've been livin' side by side for years." The two old people were speechless, avoiding each other's gaze.