I have come quite as a friend." "Thank 'ee, sir," said Goarly again touching his hat.
"It seems to me," said the Senator, "that in this matter a great many men are leagued together against you." "You may say that, sir.

I didn't just catch your name, sir." "My name is Gotobed;--Gotobed; Elias Gotobed, Senator from the State of Mickewa to the United States Congress." Mrs.Goarly who understood nothing of all these titles, and who had all along doubted, dropped a suspicious curtsey.

Goarly, who understood a little now, took his hat altogether off.

He was very much puzzled but inclined to think that if he managed matters rightly, profit might be got out of this very strange meeting.

"In my country, Mr.Goarly, all men are free and equal." "That's a fine thing, sir." "It is a fine thing, my friend, if properly understood and properly used.