'Is that so?
I've heard father speak of you, Mr.
Wingate.

He is Solomon Bearse, of West Ostable.

I think you know him slightly.' "Know him?
Everybody on the Cape knows Sol Bearse; by reputation, anyhow.

He's the richest, meanest old cranberry grower and coastin'-fleet owner in these parts.
"'Is Sol Bearse your dad ?' I asks, astonished.

'Why, then, you must be Gus ?' "'No,' he says.