“Now, then, what do you want?”
“Where is your mistress?”
“In the front parlour.”
“Oh, will you do me a favour?”
“That depends upon what it is.”
“I want you to go back to your mistress and ask her if she knew a man named William Rawton.”
“And what if she does?”
“Well, then she will remember the name if she is the person I suppose her to be. Now do as I tell you, like a good girl, as I am sure you are.”
“You are a queer sort of fellow; ask her yourself.”
“No, I would not think of doing such a thing. I ask you again to oblige me by doing this.”