Just then the coach rattled up to the door, and Albert went out and brought in the Superior Being.
"Now, we are all here," said Charlton. "I had to ask Mrs. Ferret, and I was afraid she'd come."
"Not her!" said Jim.
"Why?"
"She kin do better."
"How?"
"She staid to meet her beloved."
"Who's that?"
"Dave." Jim didn't like to give any more information than would serve to answer a question. He liked to be pumped.
"Dave Sawney?"