"By Jove!" he roared.
"It would have been a good joke on me if I hadn't remembered.

Nice introduction to a town where I expect to make my home.

Oh, well, even so, you had the furniture safe in your warehouse.

Guess you wouldn't have been much scared, eh ?" He poked Mendenhall playfully with a stubby finger.

"Well, let's see about it." Secretly, the other resented the familiarity, deprecated the boisterous publicity with which the stranger saw fit to do business.
Business, with Mendenhall, was a matter for dignified and strictly private conference.