11/18 I never saw you before." "Pardon me, my lord, you saw me a month ago, at a birthday party in this very house." "If so, I was not sufficiently impressed sir, to remember you now. I repeat my request as the friend of the young lady." "Ah, indeed!" said Ratman; "I am not aware, your grace, of your right to speak to me in the name of Miss Oliphant, or anybody else." "Oh," said Tom, arriving on the scene at this juncture, "you there, Ratty? All the grub's done, and you're not wanted here. We didn't ask you--took care not to. Rosalind's not here. |