"You haven't thanked me yet." "I must get a new tailor," said I.

"What! shall I pay a tailor to make a well-dressed man out of me, and then become an object of charity?
Do I look, then, like a man who is desperately in need of money ?" "No, you don't look it.

That's because you are clever.

But what is your salary to a man of your brains ?" "It is bread and butter and lodging." He laughed again.

To laugh seemed to be a part of his business.
"Jack, I haven't a soul in the world but you.