I get in the dumps at times, and don't open my mouth for days on end.

You must not think I am sulky when I do that.

Just let me alone, and I'll soon be right.

What have you to confess now?
It's just as well for two fellows to know the worst of one another before they begin to live together." I laughed at this cross-examination.

"I keep a bull pup," I said, "and I object to rows because my nerves are shaken, and I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy.