"'Don't know, sir; he has not been here yet.'
"'Not been here?'
"'No, sir, not to-day.'
"Thinking, that as I was not ready, he had filled up the interval by going somewhere else, I began knocking about the balls; every now and then looking out of the window, expecting to see him approach; but when this had lasted upwards of two hours, I began to be rather impatient, and was just thinking of going away, when I saw him approaching with his wife in an open carriage from an opposite direction.
"'A pretty fellow you are, to keep me kicking my heels here waiting for you,' said I, as he entered the room.
"'Keep you waiting!' he said; 'I have not kept you waiting.'
"'Why, I've been here these two hours and more.'
"'How was I to know that; I did not know you were coming up here.'
"'Why, I told you I'd come as soon as I had finished my letter.'
"'My dear fellow, what are you talking about?' exclaimed my friend, in evident surprise; 'when did you tell me so? I don't recollect making any appointment to meet you to-day.'