'I know the subject he wishes to speak upon--but I was not aware of it when I first came out with him to-night.'
'Is it such a subject as ought to be spoken of in confidence between us?'
He totally ignored me, as if my opinion on the point were of the smallest possible value.
'I think so,' replied Turk, 'if it be spoken of at all.'
'You have your doubts as to the judiciousness of the communication our young friend is about to make?'
'I have; and I have told him so.'
'Oh, you have told him so.'
He appeared to me to debate within himself whether, under such circumstances, he should listen any further; but his curiosity overcame his evident wish to baulk me.
'You may go on,' he said to me, with a condescending wave of his hand.
'It is understood, then,' I said, somewhat more boldly, 'that what we say to each other is quite private and will not be repeated?'