“It has been a most pleasant day.”
“I spent it strangely,” said Falconer.
Here the candles were brought in.
The two men looked at each other full in the face. Hugh saw that he had not been in error. The same remarkable countenance was before him. Falconer smiled.
“We have met before,” said he.
“We have,” said Hugh.
“I had a conviction we should be better acquainted, but I did not expect it so soon.”
“Are you a clairvoyant, then?”
“Not in the least.”
“Or, perhaps, being a Scotchman, you have the second sight?”