"Wife," returned John.
"Niece?" said the Stranger.
"Wife," roared John.
"Indeed?" observed the Stranger. "Surely? Very young!"
He quietly turned over, and resumed his reading. But, before he could have read two lines, he again interrupted himself, to say:
John gave him a gigantic nod; equivalent to an answer in the affirmative, delivered through a speaking-trumpet.
"Girl?"
"Bo-o-oy!" roared John.
"Also very young, eh?"