“If he objicts, I’ll come back and tell ye; if he agraas, I won’t show up here agin till after ye have visited us.”
“That settles the matter. I suppose, Michael, you are wondering why I make such a strange request?”
“I am, but I’m not asking any quistions, as ye’ll obsarve.”
“Well, you will never learn from me.”
Mike was slightly nettled.
“Why thin did ye think it worth while to raise me hopes, whin I hadn’t made any inquiries?”
“I beg your pardon, Michael; I shouldn’t have done it. Let neither of us refer to it again.”
“Do ye wish me to till Docther Spellman what ye said?”
“I do.”
“Then consider that I’ve told him.”