"Why?"
"Because you will get a warm reception there."
"Bah! have they become wicked there?"
"I wonder you weren't ashamed to cause such a scandal in your own part of the country."
"By-the-bye, I have something to ask of you."
"For yourself?"
"God forbid!"
"Then for whom?"
"For my fellow-companion on that occasion."
"Which? There were three of you."