"And if you say he's here, why, in course, he is here.

But I don't say he's here; you mind that, sir." "My good fellow, I saw him as I came in," said the Major.
"Oh, indeed," said the other; "then that absolves me from any responsibility.

He told me to deny him to anybody but one, and you ain't she.

He spends a deal of money with me, sir; so, in course, I don't want to offend him.

By-the-bye, sir, excuse me a moment." The Major saw that he had got hold of the right man, and waited willingly.