He was not in the mood to let him go his way.

To Penzance, who was to lunch with him to-day, he would present a study of absorbing interest.
"No," he answered.

"I'm not an actor.

My name is Mount Dunstan, and this place," with a nod over his shoulder, "is mine--but I'm up against it, nevertheless." Selden looked a trifle disgusted.

He began to pick up his bicycle.