"I don't know, sir."
"Did he not give you his name?"
"I asked him for it, sir, and he said you did not know him, but that he came on very particular business, and must see you."
"Must!"
"That is what he said, sir."
Mr. Manners considered a moment. He had finished the writing upon which he had been engaged, and had a few minutes' leisure.
"What kind of man?"
"Neither one kind nor another, sir."
"What do you mean?"
"That he might be a gentleman, sir, and mightn't. It's hard to say."