“I believe I did,” said the man in black.
“And would any one but a philologist think of giving a lesson in Armenian to a handmaid in a dingle?”
“I should think not,” said the man in black.
“Well, then, don’t you see that it is possible for a philologist to give not only a rational, but an acute answer?”
“I really don’t know,” said the man in black.
“What’s the matter with you?” said I.
“Merely puzzled,” said the man in black.
“Puzzled?”
“Yes.”
“Really puzzled?”