“You’ve done nothing, sure; and that’s what.”

“Didn’t I pay your reckoning?”

“O! it’s true you opened the trap door; but you must go and tie me by the tail first.”

He laughed.

“’Twas to keep my country mouse from the gib-cats. No reflection on her.”

“So to keep her from the cats you set a dog on her. A nice one I owe you for that beast of a landlord.”

“Well, he’s called off, and here am I to redeem my word. Will you come with me?”

“Where to?”

“To the tailor and the haberdasher first of all. Will that suit you?”

“Very well—if another pays.”