“I suppose there’s no harm in that.”
“I say there is,” he returned, with a nod.
He was bent upon fastening a quarrel upon the woman, but did not know very well how to begin.
“I’ll put my work on one side, then,” said his wife.
“Oh, go on. Don’t mind me. I’m nobody. Haven’t been anybody for a long time past.”
Here he burst out into an idiotic laugh.
Seeing the mood he was in, his wife abstained from making any observation.
This had the effect of aggravating him.
“Has that fellow been here to-day?” he inquired.
“Who do you mean?”