He felt in all his pockets.
"Dear me," he exclaimed, "I find that I have left the keys! We will come down a little later, if you do not mind, Mr.Hamel.Or to-morrow, perhaps.

You will not mind?
It is very careless of me, but seeing you about the place and imagining that you were an intruder, made me angry, and I started off in a hurry.

Now walk by my side up to the house, please, and talk to me.

It is so interesting for me to meet men," he went on, as they started along the straight path, "who do things in life; who go to foreign countries, meet strange people, and have new experiences.

I have been a good many years like this, you know." "It is a great affliction," Hamel murmured sympathetically.
"In my youth I was an athlete," Mr.Fentolin continued.