"My title clings to me, I find, though I have no right to it now."
He had left the army long before, exchanging the rough frontier service for pursuits more to his taste.
"Upon my word," pursued Leslie, after conversing for some time with the new comer on the scenery and game of the mountains, "you seem to be au fait at this sort of thing."
"At least I ought to be; I have spent half my college vacations here."
"It is unlucky for us that we must set out for home in the morning. You might have given us good advice in our sightseeing."
"Crawford will tell you that I am tolerably well qualified to be a guide."
"You do not look like a collegian. They are generally thin and pale with studying."
"Oftener with laziness and cigar smoke."
"Very likely. You seem too hardy and active for a student."
Morton's weak point was touched.