got some presents! Come in, Mr. Coast.

[Coast comes in and goes straight to Philip. Sam Coast is a tall, slender, but strong-looking man, rather "raw-boned." He is dressed most fashionably and most expensively,—over-dressed, in fact, and yet not too vulgarly. A man of muscle and nerve, who makes his own code and keeps his own counsel.

Coast. Shake, Phil.

[Shakes his hand.

Philip. [His hand hurt.] Golly! He can squeeze, can't he, Aunt Georgiana?

Georgiana. Well, really! Miss Elaine Jackson—Mr. Coast.

Elaine. [Embarrassed, rises, and curtseys.] How do you do?

Coast. Pleased to make your acquaintance. Hello, rest of you.

Christopher and Toots. Hello!

Christopher. Are you Auntie Georgiana's beau?