I am in what you call the high spirits to-night." "So it seems!" said I, in my blunt fashion.

"You may not feel so merry when my friend Jim Horscroft comes back to-morrow." "Ah! he comes back to-morrow, does he?
And why should I not feel merry?
"Because, if I know the man, he will kill you." "Ta, ta, ta!" cried de Lapp.

"I see that you know of our marriage.
Edie has told you.

Jim may do what he likes." "You have given us a nice return for having taken you in." "My good fellow," said he, "I have, as you say, given you a very nice return.

I have taken Edie from a life which is unworthy of her, and I have connected you by marriage with a noble family.