"And now, Mr. Evans," she said next, turning to the blind man, "I am going to take the liberty of putting a question or two to you."
"All right, grannie. Fire away."
"Will you tell me, then, what the object of this world is?"
"Well, most people makes it their object to get money, and make theirselves comfortable."
"But you don't think that is what the world was made for?"
"Oh! as to that, how should I know, grannie? And not knowin', I won't say."
"If you saw a scaffold," said Marion, turning again to Jarvis, "would you be in danger of mistaking it for a permanent erection?"
"Nobody wouldn't be such a fool," he answered. "The look of it would tell you that."
"You wouldn't complain, then, if it should be a little out of the square, and if there should be no windows in it?"
Jarvis only laughed.