“I told you, in my last letter, at what time I should arrive in Glasgow. You did not meet me, as I expected. I had to take a cab home.”
“The stable man said one of the horses was acting as if it did not feel well. He thought it had better not be driven.”
“He thought it would be more comfortable to stay at home this wet night. I had a very cold, disagreeable drive. I dare say I have taken a severe cold from it.”
“The soup waits, if you will serve it.”
He did so, remarking the while, “I sent you word I would be home by this train. Did you receive my letter?”
“Yes.”
“Then why?”
“O you know, you have been coming by so many trains the past week, I thought it best not to take the sick horse out on such an uncertainty as your promise.”
“I was, as I told you, detained by business.”