"Mebbe it is, but it's out now. Where is't ye want to be?"
"Gateby."
"Gaätby! Why, that's where it's gone with t'other gentleman!"
"Indeed? To Colonel Bristo's, do you know?"
"That was it."
"It's a pity I didn't come by the other train!" His tone puzzled the woman. "We might have travelled together, by Jove! What was the gentleman like?"
"Very tall."
"Taller than I am, I suppose?"
"Yes—easy."
"A fair beard?"