"I would be glad enough, but he asked in a very decided way for you."
"For me?"
Agnes looked distressed.
"Yes; he said very distinctly, 'I called to pay my respects particularly to Miss Agnes to-night.'"
Agnes left the room, and Duff Salter and Podge were again together. Podge could hear plainly what was said in the front parlor, and partly see, by the brighter light there, the motions of the visitor and her friend. She wrote on Duff Salter's tablet, "A deaf man is a great convenience!"
"Why?" wrote the large, grave man.
"Because he can't hear what girls say to their beaux."
"Is that a beau calling on our beautiful friend?"
"I'm afraid so!"
"How do you feel when a beau comes?"