First I resolved to tell the mistress; that I did.

Then after I had smoked a pipe, I resolved to tell you, and that I did, and now here we are, you see." That was undeniable.

There they were, with about as pretty a complication of mischief to unravel as two men could wish to have.

Tom felt so foolish and nonplussed, that he felt inclined to laugh at Lee when he said, "Here we are." It so exactly expressed the state of the case; as if he had said, "All so and so has happened, and a deuce of a job it is, and here sit you and I, to deliberate what's to be done with regard to so and so." He did not laugh, however; he bit his lip, and stopped it.

Then he rose, and, leaning his great shoulders against the mantelpiece, stood before the fireless grate, and looked at Lee.