“Yes.”
“Far from hence?”
“About thirty miles, I believe.”
“You are young, sir, to be alone.”
The traveller made no answer, but finished his uninviting repast and drew his chair again to the fire. He then thought he had sufficiently ministered to his host’s curiosity to be entitled to the gratification of his own.
“You work at the factories, I suppose?” said he.
“I do, sir. Bad times.”
“And your pretty daughter?”
“Minds the house.”
“Have you no other children?”